Health

• The U.S. has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here's what to know

  10-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 58

  Texas surpassed 500 measles cases Tuesday, just days after a third person died from a measles-related illness.

• Nigeria struggles to rein in a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 150

  10-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 97

  Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west...

• Trump says tariffs on medicine coming

  9-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 56

  President Trump announced that pharmaceuticals will be the next target of his tariffs, which he says will bring pharmaceutical production back to...

• Pentagon offering back pay, benefits to troops forced out over refusal to follow COVID mandates

  9-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 54

  The Pentagon is reaching out to some 8,700 ex-service members who were forced out of the military over the Defense Department's COVID-19 mandate...

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• Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving U.N. food programs by mistake

  9-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 37

  The State Department said Tuesday that it had rolled back an undisclosed number of sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency...

• Why water fluoridation is under fire in the U.S.

  9-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 50

  U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in...

• Sticker shock: Cost of raising a child soars to nearly $300,000

  9-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 47

  The cost of raising a child in the U.S. has surged nearly 36% since 2023, with families now spending about $30,000 per year per kid, according to a...

• People's best friends? A new study finds that pets could be worth $89,000 toward your happiness

  8-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 47

  Owning a cat or dog might boost your happiness as much as an $89,000 raise, a new study from the University of Kent suggests.

• RFK Jr. to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

  8-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 56

  U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending...

• Army reenlists nearly two dozen soldiers ousted for refusing COVID-19 vaccine

  8-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 45

  The Army has reenlisted more than 23 soldiers who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Monday, rushing to implement...

• Here's what to know about nations considering the 1st global tax on emissions for shipping

  8-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 38

  Nations are trying to reach an agreement to charge commercial vessels a fee for their emissions in what would effectively be the world's first...

• RFK Jr. visits West Texas as a second child is buried after dying from a measles-related illness

  7-4-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 59

  U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to West Texas on Sunday after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vaccinated...