Health

• 'Insurance godmothers' sign up Latinos for Obamacare in pro-Trump areas as he threatens to repeal it

  16-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for " Obamacare,"...

• CDC: Senior death rates fall as chronic illnesses kill fewer people

  16-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  Death rates for older adults fell by more than 20% in the 20 years before COVID-19 as chronic afflictions killed fewer people, the Centers for...

• Study finds one-third of academic doctors plan to quit within two years

  16-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 23

  Roughly one-third of academic physicians who train and mentor new doctors in medical schools and teaching hospitals plan to quit within two years,...

• Senators push for broader fentanyl screenings in ERs

  16-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  A bipartisan Senate duo is pushing legislation that would increase screening for fentanyl in emergency rooms to identify patients suffering from...

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• CDC survey finds use of 'morning after' pills doubled, teens having less sex

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  Use of Plan B "morning after" pills more than doubled after women started buying them over the counter, and teen sex rates declined before the...

• CDC survey finds use of 'morning after' pills doubled, teens having less sex

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  Use of Plan B "morning after" pills more than doubled after women started buying them over the counter, and teen sex rates declined before the...

• Promising new gene therapies for sickle cell are out of reach in countries where they're needed most

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  Gautam Dongre's two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze's son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into...

• Promising new gene therapies for sickle cell are out of reach in countries where they're needed most

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 34

  Gautam Dongre's two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze's son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into...

• Older Americans to pay less for some drug treatments as drugmakers penalized for big price jumps

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 31

  Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for some of their outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year, the Biden...

• Older Americans to pay less for some drug treatments as drugmakers penalized for big price jumps

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for some of their outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year, the Biden...

• U.S. officials prevent Elf Bar-maker from importing 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 39

  U.S. agents recently seized more than 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes from the Chinese manufacturer behind Elf Bar, a line of fruity disposable...

• U.S. officials prevent Elf Bar-maker from importing 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes

  15-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 23

  U.S. agents recently seized more than 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes from the Chinese manufacturer behind Elf Bar, a line of fruity disposable...