Health

• Trump's pick for HHS deputy secretary supports review of abortion-pill risk

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 20

  President Trump's choice for a deputy secretary post said he "strongly supports" conducting a safety review of mifepristone, the abortion pill...

• Study finds synthetic opioid use higher than reported under Biden

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 18

  A new study finds that illegal opioid and fentanyl use were higher under the Biden administration than previously reported.

• U.S. infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 28

  The nation's infant mortality rate dropped last year after two years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau.

• Aid group closes soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 30

  Israel's ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza forced a leading aid group to shut its community soup kitchens Thursday as it faced...

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• Burn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 40

  Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to...

• Trump replaces his nominee for surgeon general

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 25

  President Trump announced that Dr. Casey Means will be nominated as the next surgeon general, and pulled the nominee whom he had previously...

• A Philadelphia woman is the eighth person to die from the January crash of a medical plane

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 24

  An eighth person has died months after the crash of a medical transport plane in Philadelphia, city officials said Tuesday.

• White House withdraws nomination of a former Fox News contributor for U.S. surgeon general

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 24

  The White House is withdrawing the nomination of a former Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. surgeon general, marking at least...

• Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 19

  Dr. Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration, has been named to oversee the health...

• How Utah dentists are preparing patients for the first statewide fluoride ban

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 23

  With Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income...

• NHL fans sound player-safety alarm after Toronto goalie leaves arena on stretcher

  1 week ago Health Washington Times - Health 29

  Many NHL fans are not happy about the league's player-safety protocols following a scary scene during Monday's second-round playoff game between...

• Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 23

  The Trump administration on Monday asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three GOP-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to abortion...