Health

• CVS to remove ineffective cold medicines after FDA panel says main ingredient doesn't work

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 51

  CVS is taking off its shelves cold medicines that contain a decongestant that a Food and Drug Administration panel says doesn't work.

• Judge in Missouri transgender care lawsuit agrees to step aside but decries 'gamesmanship'

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 40

  A judge agreed Friday to step aside in a lawsuit challenging a new Missouri law restricting gender-transition health care for minors, despite what...

• Juveniles charged with dousing acid on playground slides that injured 4 children

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 37

  Two juveniles have been charged after several slides at a Massachusetts park were doused with acid in this summer and four children were injured,...

• Invasive worm causes disease in Vermont beech trees

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 48

  A disease that harms beech trees, caused by an invasive worm, has been confirmed for the first time in Vermont, officials said.

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• Affordable Care Act provisions codified under Michigan law by Gov. Whitmer as a hedge against repeal

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 39

  Federal law that prohibits insurers from denying healthcare based on preexisting conditions, or kicking dependents off their parent's coverage...

• Brain hacking: Pentagon eyes mind-control technology

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 49

  The Pentagon's information warfare experts are warning about brain hacking, a new technology that appears capable of extracting and inserting...

• A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 41

  It's been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig -- and hospital video released Friday...

• Australia's Lynas to upgrade Malaysian rare earth refinery amid dispute over operating license

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 44

  Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths said Friday that it will temporarily shut down most of its operations in Malaysia for upgrading as it deals with...

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

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 33

  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 57

  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 54

  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 41

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