Health

• Sri Lanka's ruling coalition defeats a no-confidence motion against the health minister

  8-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 28

  Sri Lanka's ruling coalition on Friday defeated a no-confidence motion against the country's health minister who has been accused of allegedly...

• Florida abortion rights at stake as state Supreme Court takes up challenge to GOP-led restrictions

  8-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 30

  The Florida Supreme Court was confronted Friday with whether to overrule broad abortion rights protections provided for decades under the state...

• Vigil planned for Massachusetts teen who died after taking part in One Chip Challenge

  8-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 32

  The family of a teenager who died after eating an extremely spicy tortilla chip as part of a social media challenge will gather to remember the...

• As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder

  8-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  Madison Bernard climbed into bed before dawn with her toddler, Charlotte, who was asleep next to a nightstand strewn with straws, burned tinfoil...

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• New Jersey failed veterans in state-run homes hit by dozens of COVID-19 deaths, federal report says

  8-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 45

  Widespread dysfunction at two of New Jersey's state-run veterans homes left them unprepared to protect residents during the COVID-19 pandemic and...

• Immigrant girl on Chicago-bound bus from Texas died from infection, other factors, coroner says

  8-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 47

  An autopsy shows a bacterial infection and other factors caused the death of a 3-year-old girl on a bus carrying immigrants from Texas to Chicago...

• Jets' Aaron Rodgers shows support for unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 73

  Aaron Rodgers crossed an item off his sports bucket list - and then made a statement with a more visible crossout.

• Biden flies to Asia for G20 summit, Vietnam stop after near-miss with COVID-19

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  President Biden departed Thursday for the G20 summit in India and a stop in Vietnam after testing negative for COVID-19.

• Virginia school system gets serious about concussions with baseline testing ahead of sports season

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 73

  Inova will provide 14,000 Loudoun County Public Schools high school athletes with a free baseline concussion test for the 2023-2024 school year,...

• Sen. Markey blocks GOP lawmaker's bill to ban mask mandates

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 70

  A Senate Democrat on Thursday blocked legislation introduced by a Republican lawmaker that would prohibit a federal mask mandate.

• EPA staff slow to report health risks from lead-tainted Benton Harbor water, report states

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 34

  Health risks due to high lead levels in drinking water in a majority Black and impoverished Michigan city were not taken quickly to U.S....

• Bruce Springsteen has peptic ulcer disease. Doctors say it's easily treated

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 56

  Bruce Springsteen announced Thursday that he's postponing a slate of concerts in September on the advice of doctors who treating him for peptic...