Health

• States advance fetal rights measures that critics warn will pave a path for outlawing abortions

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 19

  A new Kansas law and a Florida bill enact policies backed by abortion opponents that critics see as moves toward giving embryos and fetuses the...

• Lightning strikes five students in western Japan and leaves one unconscious, reports say

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 20

  A lightning strike in western Japan injured five students at a school playground on Thursday, including one who remained unconscious, media reports...

• CDC officials plan for the agency's splintering, but questions remain

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 15

  A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency's splintering.

• Cabot Creamery butter recalled over fecal bacteria contamination

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 11

  A Vermont firm has recalled more than 1,700 pounds of butter because it may be contaminated with coliform, a type of bacteria found in fecal matter.

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• This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 19

  During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All...

• A machine using ultrasound and AI can gauge the fattiness of a tuna fish

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 10

  Seafood lovers know the fatty marbling is what makes tuna sashimi and sushi so tasty, so for the industry, it's the fish's level of fattiness...

• Zeldin to pursue new ban on animal testing at EPA

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 17

  Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to revive a ban on animal testing at the Environmental Protection Agency, The Washington Times has learned.

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

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 21

  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

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 16

  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

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 22

  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

  3 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 24

  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...

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

  3 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 22

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