Andre LeMar Walker went to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville last April complaining of voices in his head. Hours later the 27-year-old was dead after a struggle with hospital police officers.

The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for developing effective ways to treat and prevent Alzheimer's disease by 2025.

A burn hazard prompts the recall of about 19,000 Honeywell portable electric heaters.

We are tracking a health alert in another part of the state, but it's something you should know about.

The new facility is expected to be open in 2014.

If you haven't gotten a flu shot yet, experts say you might want to get that done in a hurry to protect yourself this year.

A task force is set to recommend how much victims of North Carolina's forced sterilization program should get compensated. Figures of $20,000 to $50,000 have been discussed.

A panel of experts has recommended the government lower its threshold for lead levels in children.

Products moving away from emphasis on local growing, sustainability.

The Kroger Co. and its affiliated Smith's Food and Drug pulled the lettuce from 200 stores in at least seven states, including North Carolina.

Jacksonville officials say there is no danger from a small amount of chlorine leaking at the city's wastewater land application treatment plant. They report the leak has been stopped.

Walmart and health officials are waiting for the test results on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide.

People who ate at a yogurt restaurant in Goldsboro may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.

More than $1.5 million dollars in grant funding has been awarded to rescue and EMS organizations across the state, including more than 150 agencies in Eastern Carolina. Click full story to see if a fire or rescue agency in your community was given a grant.

Three people from Eastern Carolina are among 18 health care providers in North Carolina accused of defrauding the Medicaid system.

A local church offered a special program Sunday to reach out to folks over the holidays who have lost a loved one.

A boil water advisory has been lifted for some areas in Richlands in Onslow County.

In a major surprise on the politically charged new health care law, the Obama administration said Friday that it would not define a single uniform set of "essential health benefits" that must be provided by insurers for tens of millions of Americans.

Eleven nurses at Pitt County Memorial Hospital have been named to the "Great 100 Nurses" list for North Carolina.

Accidental overdoses in kids have gone up 20 percent in recent years, now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are launching a campaign to prevent them from happening.

New research suggests MRI's may be unnecessary for patients being treated for back pain.

Are working moms happier than stay-at-home moms? One study says yes, setting off a topic moms are sure to debate.

House of Raeford recalled more than 4,100 pounds of cooked chicken breasts which may be contaminated with bacteria shipped to delicatessens and food service institutions for further processing in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Baking cookies is very popular this time of year and many of us love sneaking a bite of that cookie dough before it gets put in the oven, but now a new report may have you thinking twice.

University Health System of Eastern Carolina, which next month will change its name to Vidant Health, had revenues of $1.3 billion in 2011.