Washington Times - Health
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Trump announces executive order to slash drug prices up to 80%
President Trump announced Sunday night that he plans to reduce pharmaceutical drug prices by 30% to 80% by establishing a "Most Favored Nation"...
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Late abortions are rare. The U.S. just lost a clinic that offered the procedure for over 50 years
To fellow travelers, Hannah Brehm likely looked like she was taking a belated babymoon well into her third trimester.
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FDA chief warns about 'gas station heroin'
The Food and Drug Administration's commissioner, Marty Makary, sent out a warning Thursday about tianeptine, also called "gas station heroin."
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Trump expected to sign executive order linking Medicare drug costs to foreign prices
President Trump is expected to make another effort to cut drug prices significantly by binding the government's costs for certain medicines to...
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First at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company says
U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a...
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On podcasts, Trump's surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality
President Donald Trump's newest surgeon general nominee is a burgeoning health influencer who has shared her approach to health care through...
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An offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned over Trump administration delays
The Norwegian energy company Equinor said Friday it will be forced to terminate an offshore wind project for New York within days unless President...
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Trump's pick for HHS deputy secretary supports review of abortion-pill risk
President Trump's choice for a deputy secretary post said he "strongly supports" conducting a safety review of mifepristone, the abortion pill...
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Study finds synthetic opioid use higher than reported under Biden
A new study finds that illegal opioid and fentanyl use were higher under the Biden administration than previously reported.
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U.S. infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots
The nation's infant mortality rate dropped last year after two years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau.
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Aid group closes soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies
Israel's ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza forced a leading aid group to shut its community soup kitchens Thursday as it faced...
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Burn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza
Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to...