Health

• Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China dies at 95

  11-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her...

• Concrete-hardening agent containing sulfuric acid spills on Georgia highway, injuring 2

  10-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 32

  A pair of Georgia highway emergency personnel were hospitalized this week after exposure to a concrete-hardening chemical containing sulfuric acid.

• Three Californians die after catching Rocky Mountain spotted fever from ticks in Mexico

  10-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 20

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday the deaths of three people in California from Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

• Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court's order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion

  10-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal...

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• A hospital fire near Rome kills at least 3 and causes an emergency evacuation of all patients

  10-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 20

  A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome's outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing the overnight evacuation of the smoke-filled facility...

• 'Shadows of children:' For the youngest hostages, life moves forward in whispers

  10-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come...

• Abortion delays have grown more common in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned

  10-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 31

  A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would take her, only to be put on...

• Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court's order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal...

• After scary health ordeal as a player, Savannah Rennie returns to Cal as assistant volleyball coach

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  A bouquet of bright yellow sunflowers recently arrived at Savannah Rennie's office from a friend at USC who supported her through a life transition...

• Georgia high school baseball player who was hit by bat is declared brain dead

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 28

  A high school baseball player in Gainesville, Georgia, was declared brain dead, two weeks after being struck in the head in a batting cage accident.

• Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for right to get an abortion

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 20

  A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion...

• Deadly salmonella outbreak from tainted cantaloupe killed 3 in U.S. and 5 in Canada

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 28

  A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people - three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials reported...