Washington Times - Health

• Residents in St. Croix sue government over water contaminated with lead and copper

  30-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 36

  A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and...

• Poland's new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization

  30-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 33

  Poland's new parliament on Wednesday reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative party which...

• Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain's distress after stop and killed him with overdose

  30-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  A Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday that two paramedics "did nothing" to help an ailing Elijah McClain as he lay on the ground and instead...

• Life expectancy rising slowly from COVID-19; suicides hit new high: CDC reports

  30-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  U.S. life expectancy increased by 1.1 years last year while suicides rose to a record high, according to provisional federal data.

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• Elton John to address Britain's Parliament in an event marking World AIDS Day

  30-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  Elton John is to address Britain's Parliament on Wednesday on his work fighting HIV at an event to mark World AIDS Day.

• Trump doubles down on health care reform plan: 'Obamacare sucks'

  29-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  Former President Donald Trump is digging in on his plan to replace President Barack Obama's health law with a "better" program, even as Democrats...

• An ailing Pope Francis appears at a weekly audience but says he's not well and has aide read speech

  29-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 51

  Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican, but he said that he's still unwell and asked an aide to read his...

• U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

  29-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  U.S. life expectancy rose last year - by more than a year - but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Texas Supreme Court takes up judge's temporary order easing abortion restrictions

  29-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 34

  The Texas attorney general's office urged the state Supreme Court to lift a temporary hold on the state's abortion law, arguing that the Democratic...

• Pope cancels trip to Dubai for U.N. climate conference on doctors' orders after getting the flu

  29-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 31

  Pope Francis canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors' orders Tuesday even though he is recovering from the flu and...

• Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere

  29-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 34

  A ransomware attack has prompted a healthcare chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency...

• North Carolina governor uses Medicaid expansion to slam Trump

  29-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 31

  North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper warned Tuesday that any effort to repeal Obamacare would dash his hard-won push to expand Medicaid coverage to...