Washington Times - Health

• Cabot Creamery butter recalled over fecal bacteria contamination

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 11

  A Vermont firm has recalled more than 1,700 pounds of butter because it may be contaminated with coliform, a type of bacteria found in fecal matter.

• This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 19

  During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All...

• A machine using ultrasound and AI can gauge the fattiness of a tuna fish

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 9

  Seafood lovers know the fatty marbling is what makes tuna sashimi and sushi so tasty, so for the industry, it's the fish's level of fattiness...

• Zeldin to pursue new ban on animal testing at EPA

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 16

  Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to revive a ban on animal testing at the Environmental Protection Agency, The Washington Times has learned.

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• The U.S. has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here's what to know

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 20

  Texas surpassed 500 measles cases Tuesday, just days after a third person died from a measles-related illness.

• Nigeria struggles to rein in a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 150

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 16

  Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west...

• Trump says tariffs on medicine coming

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 22

  President Trump announced that pharmaceuticals will be the next target of his tariffs, which he says will bring pharmaceutical production back to...

• Pentagon offering back pay, benefits to troops forced out over refusal to follow COVID mandates

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 24

  The Pentagon is reaching out to some 8,700 ex-service members who were forced out of the military over the Defense Department's COVID-19 mandate...

• Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving U.N. food programs by mistake

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 22

  The State Department said Tuesday that it had rolled back an undisclosed number of sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency...

• Why water fluoridation is under fire in the U.S.

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 23

  U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in...

• Sticker shock: Cost of raising a child soars to nearly $300,000

  2 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 22

  The cost of raising a child in the U.S. has surged nearly 36% since 2023, with families now spending about $30,000 per year per kid, according to a...

• People's best friends? A new study finds that pets could be worth $89,000 toward your happiness

  3 weeks ago Health Washington Times - Health 23

  Owning a cat or dog might boost your happiness as much as an $89,000 raise, a new study from the University of Kent suggests.