Health

• Abortion delays have grown more common in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned

  10-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would take her, only to be put on...

• Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court's order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 20

  The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal...

• After scary health ordeal as a player, Savannah Rennie returns to Cal as assistant volleyball coach

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 23

  A bouquet of bright yellow sunflowers recently arrived at Savannah Rennie's office from a friend at USC who supported her through a life transition...

• Georgia high school baseball player who was hit by bat is declared brain dead

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  A high school baseball player in Gainesville, Georgia, was declared brain dead, two weeks after being struck in the head in a batting cage accident.

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• Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for right to get an abortion

  9-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 18

  A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion...

• Deadly salmonella outbreak from tainted cantaloupe killed 3 in U.S. and 5 in Canada

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people - three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials reported...

• Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity e-cigarettes imported from China

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 20

  House lawmakers are demanding information from federal officials on what they are doing to stop the recent influx of kid-appealing electronic...

• Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don't like it

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 24

  The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted...

• Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, U.K. study suggests

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Annual mammograms are recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries, including the U.S., but a large British study finds...

• Chronic fatigue syndrome is more common than some past studies suggest, CDC says

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million.

• Firearms fallout: Study says pregnant women who lived through D.C. sniper trauma had complications

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  The fear and stress felt by area pregnant women during the 2002 D.C.-region sniper attacks was acute enough to cause a 25% spike in premature...

• CDC report finds non-White women with twins, triplets most at risk of intensive care childbirths

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 23

  Black, Asian and Indigenous women delivering twins or triplets are the most likely to give birth in intensive care units with higher health risks,...