Health

• Early alarm sounded for possible Medicaid cuts reducing opioid addiction treatment for the poor

  15-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 42

  Democrats warn that if Republicans cut Medicaid funding, particularly from the expansion population as the GOP has suggested is a target, it could...

• Trump to impose pharmaceuticals tariff similar to 25% duty on cars

  15-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 42

  President Trump said pharmaceutical tariffs are coming to get the U.S. to start making its own drugs.

• University study links Type 2 diabetes to Alzheimer's symptoms

  15-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 46

  Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas have discovered evidence that Type 2 diabetes "rewires" the brain in ways similar to early-onset...

• Pfizer ends development of potential pill obesity treatment

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 43

  Pfizer is ending the development of its potential once-daily pill treatment for obesity before venturing into the biggest and most expensive level...

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• Federal government paid group to secretly text children about sex

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 48

  The federal government spent more than $27 million on a nonprofit that texts sexually explicit health advice to children, tells them how to use sex...

• The dead in upstate N.Y. plane crash included NCAA woman of the year and her family

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 67

  A private plane that crashed in upstate New York on Saturday was carrying a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished student athletes,...

• White House physician says Trump is in 'excellent health'

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 42

  President Trump is in "excellent health," according to a memo issued Sunday by the White House.

• Brazil's former President Bolsonaro undergoes new surgery for bowel obstruction

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 37

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing a new surgery Sunday morning in Brasilia, his doctors said.

• Trump is 'fully fit' to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 51

  Donald Trump's doctor says the oldest man to be elected president is "fully fit" to serve as commander in chief as the White House released the...

• Takeaways from AP's report on how flat funding set stage for Texas measles outbreak, might fuel more

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 58

  The measles outbreak in West Texas didn't happen just by chance.

• Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the U.S.

  14-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 50

  The measles outbreak in West Texas didn't happen just by chance.

• Brazil's former president Bolsonaro remains hospitalized with abdominal pain

  13-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remained hospitalized with abdominal pain Saturday and was expected to be transferred by medical aircraft...