Look around and you'll notice it everywhere on the roads - drivers looking down at their phones. Tonight at 6 p.m., what lawmakers and parents are doing to protect the group most at risk in North Carolina - teenage drivers.  

Tonight at 6: It's blamed for more crashes among NC teens than speed and alcohol combined. WRAL Investigates distracted teen driving.

Have you noticed an unusual smell or flavor in your tap water over the past few days?

What's wrong with Raleigh tap water? Algae bloom at Falls Lake behind the smell, color

'Earthy and musty:' Here's why your tap water may taste strange this weekend in Raleigh

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

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The American Cancer Society is recommending new guidelines for lung cancer screenings.

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT WITH 144 BEDS. IT'S SET TO OPEN IN THE SPRING OF 2025. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS CALLING ON MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE TO GET TESTED FOR LUNG CANCER. THE ORGANIZATION UPDATED ITS SCREENING GUIDELINES FOR THE DISEASE YESTERDAY. >> IT NOW SAYS ADULTS WHO SMOKED REGULARLY AT ANY POINT IN THEIR LIFE SHOULD GET SCREENED PREVIOUSLY. THE GUIDELINES DID NOT RECOMMEND SCREENING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD QUIT SMOKING MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO. THE ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT WAS CONFUSING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. PEOPLE HAVE TO SORT OF CALCULATE WHEN SOMEONE QUIT SMOKING. >> AND BY BY CHANGER, GUIDELINES, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PATIENTS BY ABOUT 37% AND WHICH MEANS BY ABOUT 5 MILLION MORE AMERICANS WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE LUNG CANCER SCREENING. >> THE SCREENING ISN'T A QUICK LITTLE DOSE. CT SCAN OF THE CHEST. THE U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE HAS NOT YET UPDATED OR ADOPTED THE

American Cancer Society updates screening guidelines for lung cancer

To better fight lung cancer, TUNC –Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on an extremely bendy but sturdy robot capable of traversing lung tissue to deal with very small, hidden tumors.

Tiny robot capable of navigating live tissue could boost fight against lung cancer, UNC researchers report

Biofidelity, a medtech company with a lab in Morrisville, is launching new technology with the goal of helping lung cancer patients access targeted treatments. Read more about their new tech—and their plans to grow in RTP.

Winning the race to fight lung cancer? Medtech company with RTP lab says it can speed up biomarker test at lower costs

Durham-based pharma firm Renovion adds #3.1M to its coffers

Labcorp (NYSE: LH)'s new test expands the firm's testing solutions for new precision medicines used to treat patients with lung cancer.

LabCorp launches diagnostic for new lung cancer therapy

North Carolina ranks 11th for the highest rates of lung cancer in the country. Among small and medium U.S. counties, Johnston County ranks 6th highest.

NC ranks 11th in the country for lung cancer, Johnston County ranks 6th 

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Doctors say lung cancer patients have a better chance of survival thanks to a new tool at Candler Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. Using robotic technology physicians are able to detect and diagnose the disease a lot sooner. 

to give this patient a fighting chance. Dr Michael Mullins needs to access his lungs. This robot will do most of the heavy lifting. Molins just has to guide it with a remote controller. The patient that we worked with this morning has underlying lung disease. Smoker's lung disease. It's very severe. The robotic tube will go into the patient's natural openings, sparing him from a surgery he probably wouldn't survive. Our goal today with the robot is to go in and put markers very precisely into the, um, are the markers allow doctors to target radiation directly at the tumor. That treatment will happen a few weeks from now. We're only killing the tumor. We're not killing lung, and that's the idea. Here is we want to keep as much lung function for him as we can. Mullen says. This robotic technology means he can give the patient more information on their diagnosis and most of all, hope for survival. You can go into the room and deliver hard news to a patient with a bright with a bright complexion and say, You know what? This is what you have, but we're going to beat it. We have what we need Mary, Grassy says. When she went through the procedure, it put her at ease. As she awaits radiation, she's feeling optimistic that cancer is no match for her. I put it in their hands and in God's hands, and I feel like I'm going to come out on top.

Robotic technology helping doctors detect, diagnose lung cancer sooner 

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EQRx, based in Cambridge, Mass., will gain exclusive rights to G1’s lerociclib in the United States, Europe, Japan and all other global markets, excluding the Asia-Pacific region (except Japan).

RTP-based G1 Therapeutics licenses potential cancer drug to Massachusetts firm

Durham startup Tavros teams up with oncology-focused firm in search for cancer therapies

Cancer Treatment Centers of America estimates the five-year survival rate for late-stages of lung cancer is less than 10 percent. 

7 warning signs of lung cancer

3HC : Spotlight : Lung Cancer

Officials say the country is currently experiencing a multi-state outbreak of severe lung disease. For more than 10 years in the United States, the vaping industry boomed in North Carolina and across the country, partly due to the belief that vaping is safer than smoking.



Health leaders warn of vaping dangers

New warnings about electronic cigarettes from the CDC as well as many state and local health departments have doctors concerned. 



Just stop: Vaping and e-cigarettes causing lung disease across the US, CDC warns

Amid Vaping Crackdown, Michigan to Ban Sale of Flavored E-Cigarettes

UNC Chapel Hill professor Ron Alterovitz and his group are developing a new medical robot that can enable “earlier, less invasive, and more accurate” diagnosis of lung cancer.

UNC professor’s high-tech robot promises earlier detection of lung cancer

UNC professor's high-tech robot promises earlier detection of lung cancer

The American Lung Association gave 43 states and Washington D.C. a failing grade when it comes to funding smoking prevention programs. The dramatic increase in the kids using e-cigarettes is another cause for concern, it said.

Report: Government should do more to prevent smoking

A Florida man has found complete remission from a life-threatening cancer diagnosis after trying Keytruda.

New drug offers man remission from Stage 4 lung cancer

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With lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, one UNC cancer researcher may have found a key reason why the disease is so prevalent.