Health

• Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama

  22-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 16

  People left waiting for months on their unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic in Alabama must be able to sue the state over the...

• Wellness blogger Belle Gibson lied about having cancer. Years later, Australia is still chasing her

  22-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 33

  A decade after wellness influencer Belle Gibson admitted she didn't have terminal brain cancer, which she claimed was cured by the healthy...

• U.S. aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle

  22-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With no family to...

• Dr. Oz pledges to ditch medical stocks if confirmed to lead federal insurance agency

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  Mehmet Oz is pledging to divest from a broad portfolio of health care stocks if he is confirmed as President Trump's pick to lead the Centers for...

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• Pope marks a week in the hospital with pneumonia as the obvious question is asked: Might he resign?

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up and out of bed to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff continued...

• Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report shows

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 20

  The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

• Dairy workers' cats died from bird flu, but it's not clear how they got infected

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 18

  Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it's still not clear how the animals got sick or...

• Former Colorado sheriff's deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisis

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  A former Colorado sheriff's deputy was convicted Thursday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his...

• Anthony Davis out at least 2 more weeks, but Mavs say he's making good progress with groin injury

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  Anthony Davis will be sidelined at least two more weeks with the groin injury sustained in his Dallas debut, while the Mavericks said Thursday...

• Utah Republicans push to let patients supply their own blood as vaccine concerns linger

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  Utah may soon loosen its B.Y.O.B. rules, but not in the way some might hope. The acronym has taken on a new meaning in the state Legislature:...

• New answers to questions about sports safety and heart issues

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 20

  Experts have new advice for athletes with heart conditions - and on how doctors and patients should work together to weigh the risks of competitive...

• New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes

  21-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 16

  New York on Thursday sued some of the country's biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes, accusing the companies of violating state laws that...