Washington Times - Health

• Virginia updates locations of possible exposure to measles

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  After announcing the state's first 2025 case of measles on April 19, the Virginia Department of Health on Monday updated the places where the...

• JAMA study finds 15% of children spend 9 hours a day on smart devices

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  A recent study found that 15% of children and teenagers spend at least 9 hours per day using smart devices for nonacademic purposes, putting them...

• Abortion pills 22 times more dangerous than billed on warning label, study finds

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  A largest-of-its-kind study found that more than 10% of women who terminate their pregnancies with abortion pills experience serious health problems.

• A man airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji returns to the slope days later and is rescued again

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  A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second...

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• The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues

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  The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face...

• How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

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  As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow's laboratory desk.

• Supreme Court to hear dispute over Whole Foods carrying baby food accused of causing autism

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  The Supreme Court announced Monday it would take up a legal battle over whether Whole Foods must be part of a case against one of its products,...

• A pregnant woman in Gaza's ruins fears for her baby under Israel's blockade

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  Nearly seven months pregnant, Yasmine Siam couldn't sleep, living in a crowded tent camp in Gaza and shaken often by Israeli bombardment. She...

• Rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa. A project seeks to change that

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  Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter's gravesite.

• For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families

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  For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to...

• Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

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  Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can't get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering...

• Study disputes reports of OB-GYNs fleeing abortion-restricting states

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  A recent study finds the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has not driven obstetricians and gynecologists out of abortion-restricting...