Local doctors say respiratory virus season is in full swing, particularly for the flu. Several factors, including cold weather, are potentially contributing to the spread. Here are tips from doctors t ...

Gambling is becoming increasingly prevalent in North Carolina, starting with the lottery in 2005 and expanding to online ...

In response to Trump science policies, universities are accepting fewer graduate students than normal and freezing positions, ...

By blocking announcements in the Federal Register, the administration is keeping experts from meeting to evaluate funding ...

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

Over a month after a former UNCW student was cleared of a DWI charge for a fatal crash on I-40 near Wallace, she is suing ...