Washington Times - Health

• Pfizer nixes more study of twice-daily obesity pill treatment that made many patients nauseous

  2-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  Pfizer shares sank Friday when the drugmaker said it would abandon a twice-daily obesity treatment after more than half the patients in a clinical...

• Texas sues Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccine: 'The pandemic did not end; it got worse'

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  In a lawsuit filed Thursday in state district court in Lubbock County, state Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Pfizer of promoting the vaccine...

• Don't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  Consumers shouldn't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don't know the source, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as the number of illnesses and...

• Nations combat head-scratching surge in pneumonia, respiratory disease

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 39

  The global surge in lung-related problems is sounding alarm bells on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers told America's top disease fighter on Thursday...

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• Cal Poly Humboldt's Janikowski, Reedley College's Pink receive CalHOPE Courage Award

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 28

  Megan Janikowski of the Cal Poly Humboldt soccer team and Jamel Pink of the Reedley College football team have earned the CalHOPE Courage Award for...

• Kamala Harris says Biden's age is a mere 'political argument'

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 23

  Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Biden's age Wednesday by saying she would "of course" tell the public if something was wrong with...

• New York punished 2,000 prisoners over false positive drug tests, report finds

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 46

  New York's prison system unfairly punished more than 2,000 prisoners after tests of suspected contraband substances falsely tested positive for...

• Wallace hit by depression following best friend Blaney's NASCAR championship

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  Ryan Blaney wasn't surprised that Bubba Wallace skipped out on the Phoenix Raceway championship after-party, but was made aware of Wallace's social...

• CDC director: Sources in China say new outbreaks are from known pathogens

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there is evidence the uptick in respiratory disease in China is being fueled by...

• Anthony Fauci to testify before Congress on COVID-19 origins, U.S. pandemic response

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical adviser, is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans' yearslong...

• Pope says he has acute bronchitis, doctors recommended against travel to avoid change in temperature

  1-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  Pope Francis said on Thursday that he is suffering from acute, infectious bronchitis and that doctors recommended he cancel his planned visit to...

• Elton John addresses Britain's Parliament, urging lawmakers to do more to fight HIV/AIDS

  30-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS, saying the U.K. can be the first country in the world "to defeat this...