Health

• Can suspending a cage-free egg law solve the soaring price problem? Nevada takes a crack at it

  15-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  Back when egg prices remained securely under $2 a dozen in 2021, Nevada joined several other states concerned about animal welfare in requiring...

• Quaker Oats recalls 10,000 boxes of Pearl Milling Company pancake mix for milk allergy risk

  15-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 32

  The Quaker Oats Co. has recalled 10,000 boxes of pancake mix because it contains milk not declared on the label and could pose a risk of...

• CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration job cuts

  15-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce - are being...

• Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growth

  15-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  After surviving teen homelessness and domestic violence in West Virginia, 23-year-old Ireland Daugherty was finally feeling stable: She had her own...

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• New HHS chief RFK Jr. says he will address physical and 'spiritual' health crisis

  14-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Newly confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says many Americans confront both a "health crisis" and a "spiritual"...

• Pope Francis hospitalized to treat bronchitis and perform other diagnostic tests, Vatican says

  14-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday to treat a weeklong bout of bronchitis and undergo some necessary diagnostic tests, the Vatican said,...

• RFK Jr. gets final approval to 'go wild,' vows to 'solve the childhood chronic disease epidemic'

  14-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after his confirmation Thursday, giving him license...

• RFK Jr. overcomes odds, is confirmed as HHS secretary

  14-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, sweeping aside concerns about his past...

• This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

  14-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths - agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might...

• Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

  14-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled with patients. Now it's empty, and shelves of...

• Could obesity drugs help with alcohol cravings? New study suggests potential

  13-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  Medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol, according to new government-funded research.

• U.S. eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing

  13-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 30

  Egg prices reached a record high in the U.S. last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.