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Cristy Page takes helm of UNC Health amid funding cuts

January 2, 2026 Dan Reeves

Cristy Page is stepping into one of the state’s most powerful health care roles at a moment of unusual strain and uncertainty, taking over as chief executive of UNC Health while also serving as dean […]

North Carolina’s largest public university NC State names new chancellor

March 19, 2025 MAKIYA SEMINERA

RALEIGH — The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has chosen the next person to lead the state’s largest public university by enrollment after its longtime chancellor is set to retire soon. Kevin Howell […]

UNC, Duke Health to build NC’s first standalone children’s hospital

February 3, 2025 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Two of the state’s largest university health systems plan to construct the state’s first standalone children’s hospital — an undertaking that its boosters said will change lives physically and economically for decades to […]

Hospitals rebound after Helene knocked out power, flooded areas

October 11, 2024 The Associated Press

While hospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities, they were not unscathed. The massive system battered the region’s health […]

Major NC hospital systems announce vaccine requirement for employees

July 27, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — After a July 22 announcement by the North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) encouraging their 130-member health providers to mandate vaccines for their employees, five major hospital systems — Atrium Health, Cone Health, Duke […]

NBA star Brandon Ingram gives Adidas sneakers to every hospital employee in Kinston

August 5, 2020 Shawn Krest

KINSTON — Brandon Ingram has not forgotten where he — quite literally — came from. “Brandon was born in this hospital, in 1997,” Robert Enders, the CEO of Kinston’s hospital, Lenoir UNC Health Care, said […]