Washington Times - Health

• Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid files for bankruptcy

  16-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 46

  Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid said Sunday that it has filed for bankruptcy and obtained $3.45 billion in fresh financing as it carries out a...

• Drug used in diabetes treatment Mounjaro helped dieters shed 60 pounds, study finds

  16-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 49

  The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter of their body weight, or about...

• Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza. Medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms

  16-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 36

  Water has run out at U.N. shelters across Gaza as thousands packed into the courtyard of the besieged territory's largest hospital as a refuge of...

• Family of Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton says she is making 'remarkable' progress

  15-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 63

  The family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is making "remarkable" progress in her battle with a rare form of pneumonia that...

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• US military to begin draining leaky fuel tank facility that poisoned Pearl Harbor drinking water

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 38

  The military next week plans to begin draining fuel from World War II-era underground fuel tanks in Hawaii, nearly two years after the massive...

• The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 40

  The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona's most populous county - still being tallied after the area's hottest summer ever recorded - has...

• Amid a mental health crisis, toy industry takes on a new role: building resilience

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 50

  As more children emerge from the pandemic grappling with mental health issues, their parents are seeking ways for them to build emotional resilience.

• California Gov. Newsom signs law to slowly raise health care workers' minimum wage to $25 per hour

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 44

  California will raise the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 per hour over the next decade under a new law Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom...

• House subpoenas records of potential 'coverup' to protect Fauci

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  The House panel investigating the coronavirus announced Friday it has served a subpoena on the National Institutes of Health to get records that...

• Israeli airstrikes destroy only Planned Parenthood clinic in Gaza Strip

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  The only Planned Parenthood-affiliated clinic in the Gaza Strip was demolished by Israel Defense Forces warplanes following the deadly Hamas attack...

• Annual window to shop for Medicare Advantage plans returns on Sunday

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  Open enrollment for Medicare opens Sunday, and seniors could have dozens of options.

• A father worries for his missing child: 'My daughter didn't go to war. She just went to dance'

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 44

  Because of the fracture in her right leg, Karin Journo had talked herself out of going to the Tribe of Nova music festival and sold her ticket. But...