While conservatives are still seething over last week's Supreme Court ruling saving President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, top Capitol Hill Republicans are gleefully using the decision to fire up their base with promises of a repeal in 2013.

The first ever over-the-counter rapid HIV test has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

There are new numbers this morning on just how many people in North Carolina ended up in the ER over the weekend with the scorching triple-digit temperatures.

Chief Justice John Roberts could have taken down President Barack Obama's entire, massive health care law. He could have prevented the Supreme Court decision that largely disabled the most disputed aspects of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants.

The constitutional win for President Barack Obama and Democrats on health care overhaul is reopening political cuts within the party over the unpopular law.

Several people were honored Tuesday at an American Red Cross event in Pitt County, including one of WITN's own.

An organization that supports families of sick and injured children has received a $25,000 donation.

Reaction has been pouring in on the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding President Obama's health care overhaul. The following statements were issued by Republican Congressman Walter Jones, Democrat Congressman G.K. Butterfield, Republican U.S. Senator Richard Burr, and Democrat Senator Kay Hagan.

On National HIV Testing Day Wednesday Marissa Kleffman with the Brody School of Medicine in Greenville said the number of people testing positive for HIV in eastern carolina is actually higher than the national average.

A legislative committee said Wednesday it supports a bill labeled as a compromise by lobbyists representing dental service organizations and the North Carolina Dental Society.

New evidence suggests that low-carb, high protein diets may cause health problems in women.

Forty one employees and 41 residents of the Williamston House in Williamston were treated after it was confirmed that two women residents had the skin disease.

Brain scans may be able to spot the signs of autism as early as age two.

It's the biggest secret in a city known for not keeping them.

The Supreme Court's review of health reform means any or all of the law's mandates, such as coverage of adult dependents up to age 26 and protections for people with pre-existing conditions, could be in jeopardy.

Tests performed Monday show that a fox that attacked and bit a resident of Lafitte Drive in Hubert came back positive for rabies.

Many people get spray tans to avoid the health hazards of sunbathing, but a new study shows the faux tan may not be a safer alternative.

Some are already anticipating the Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack Obama's health care law as the "decision of the century."

They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut - enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.

Christopher and Deborah Battle are opening the Above and Beyond Community Health Clinic in the Martin County town of Robersonville.

Starting in 2013 East Carolina University will become the second university in the UNC system to offer a master's program for health informatics and information management.

African-Americans are 25 percent more likely to die from cancer than white Americans are, and the reasons are numerous, including lower socio-economic status, poorer access to health care, and the cancer diagnosis coming at later, more deadly stages.

A little more than a year ago, my eye doctor prescribed new disposable contact lenses. My insurance, he explained, would pay for only one six-month supply per year.

Reshma Jagsi, an associate professor and physician researcher at the University of Michigan Health System, uncovered some sobering news recently.

The Service League coffee shop at the medical center in Greenville is getting new management.