Health

• So-called toddler milks are unregulated and unnecessary, a major pediatrician group says

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  Powdered drink mixes that are widely promoted as "toddler milks" for older babies and children up to age 3 are unregulated, unnecessary and...

• AI chatbots are supposed to improve health care. But research says some are perpetuating racism

  20-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 50

  As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors' notes and analyze health records, a new study led...

• West Virginia official accused of approving $34 million in COVID-19 payments without verifying them

  20-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 44

  A federal grand jury has indicted a West Virginia state health office manager on charges that he approved more than $34 million in coronavirus...

• West Virginia official accused of approving $34 million in COVID-19 payments without verifying them

  20-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 33

  A federal grand jury has indicted a West Virginia state health office manager on charges that he approved more than $34 million in coronavirus...

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• Georgia agrees to pay for gender-transition care for state employees, public school teachers

  20-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 37

  The state of Georgia will start paying for gender-transition health care for state employees, public school teachers and former employees covered...

• Georgia agrees to pay for gender-transition care for state employees, public school teachers

  20-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 28

  The state of Georgia will start paying for gender-transition health care for state employees, public school teachers and former employees covered...

• Oh, Ozempic: Retail analysts see little impact from weight-loss drugs

  19-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 35

  Pharmaceutical advocates have hyped the success of high-priced, weight-loss drugs like Ozempic in a campaign to make appetite-suppressing...

• Pritzker takes abortion fight national with dark-money group

  19-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking his abortion-rights advocacy nationwide, introducing on Wednesday a political organization to fund similar...

• Pritzker takes abortion fight national with dark-money group

  19-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 32

  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking his abortion-rights advocacy nationwide, introducing on Wednesday a political organization to fund similar...

• Lawsuit dropped after school board changes course, adopts Youngkin's transgender student policy

  19-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 32

  A Washington-based attorney confirmed Wednesday his firm was dropping litigation it filed last month regarding Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn...

• Lawsuit dropped after school board changes course, adopts Youngkin's transgender student policy

  19-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 31

  A Washington-based attorney confirmed Wednesday his firm was dropping litigation it filed last month regarding Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn...

• NIH nominee vows to focus on rural needs, cooperate on COVID-19 probes if confirmed by Senate

  19-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  President Biden's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health pledged Wednesday to restore trust in the research agency by highlighting the...