Health

• Trick or Treat? How candy corn become Halloween's most divisive candy

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  Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on.

• Myanmar reinstates family visits to prisoners to end a ban started during the pandemic

  25-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday allowed prisoners to have family visitors from outside, a right that had been suspended for 3 1/2 years because...

• High school freshman in Virginia wins national contest for his cancer-fighting soap

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  A Fairfax County teenager who invented an inexpensive soap that combats skin cancer has won a national contest for young scientists.

• Live updates | Israel escalates its bombardment in the Gaza Strip

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  Israel is escalating its bombardment of targets in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground invasion against Hamas militants. The war is rapidly...

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• A new shot for RSV shot for infants is in short supply

  24-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 46

  A new shot for infants against RSV is in short supply, and U.S. health officials told doctors they should prioritize giving the drug to babies at...

• Walmart expands nationwide health care coverage for those employees who want doulas during pregnancy

  24-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is expanding nationwide its health care coverage next month for employees who want to enlist the...

• Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help

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  It's long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet -- a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table.

• U.S. gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton in 'recovery mode' after hospital stay, daughter says

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  American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has returned home following a lengthy hospital stay because of pneumonia, her daughter said Monday.

• This procedure is banned in the U.S. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio's abortion amendment?

  23-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily...

• Chinese owner of California biolab that fueled biological weapons rumors is arrested after FDA probe

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 32

  The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on...

• CVS to remove ineffective cold medicines after FDA panel says main ingredient doesn't work

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 34

  CVS is taking off its shelves cold medicines that contain a decongestant that a Food and Drug Administration panel says doesn't work.

• Judge in Missouri transgender care lawsuit agrees to step aside but decries 'gamesmanship'

  21-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 31

  A judge agreed Friday to step aside in a lawsuit challenging a new Missouri law restricting gender-transition health care for minors, despite what...