Health

• Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be enacted

  2 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 9

  The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy.

• U.S. adults want the government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates, AP-NORC poll finds

  2 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 12

  While the Trump administration explores ways to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse the United States' falling birth rate, a new...

• As U.S. abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies

  2 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 11

  Five months ago, Roseline Phay, a 32-year-old farmer from the West African nation of Liberia, set off on a quest to find contraceptives.

• Biden's former doctor asks to delay testimony to House panel, citing patient privilege concerns

  3 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 17

  Former President Joe Biden's physician has asked to delay his testimony before the House oversight committee this week, citing the need for an...

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• Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy changes

  3 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 18

  A coalition of doctors groups and public health organizations sued the U.S. government on Monday over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19...

• Planned Parenthood wins injunction that blocks halt to Medicaid funding

  3 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 13

  Planned Parenthood sued Monday to stop the Trump administration from blocking its Medicaid funding under the budget reconciliation act.

• American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly two decades, new study finds

  3 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 11

  The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental...

• Vermont tops ranking as the healthiest state in America, study finds

  3 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 11

  Vermont has taken top billing as America's healthiest state, a new report says.

• A boy with a brain injury fights for his life in Gaza's decimated health system

  4 days ago Health Washington Times - Health 16

  It's as if the whole weight of Israel's war in Gaza has fallen on Amr al-Hams. The 3-year-old has shrapnel in his brain from an Israeli strike on...

• Fears in Massachusetts that Trump's bill could unravel the health care safety net

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 15

  In the state that served as the model for the Obama-era health overhaul, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying...

• Supreme Court rejects Montana's bid to revive parental consent law for minors' abortions

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 16

  The Supreme Court said Thursday it will not hear a case involving a push to revive a law that minors must have their parents' permission for an...

• Judge strikes down Trump policies that deleted transgender pages from govt. websites

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 17

  A federal judge has ruled that the White House budget office didn't have the power to order agencies to take down web pages that included...