Washington Times - Health

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

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 76

  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 72

  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 36

  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 59

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

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• Feinstein focuses on Congress, gives daughter power of attorney on court matters

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she gave her daughter power of attorney to handle two court cases concerning her late husband so she could focus on her...

• Gov. DeSantis and Florida surgeon general warn against new COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday criticized recent efforts across the U.S. to tamp down a recent jump in COVID-19 cases through temporary...

• Mexico ends its federal ban on abortion, but a patchwork of state restrictions remains

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  A Mexican Supreme Court decision to end the federal ban on abortion extended a regional trend of increasing access to the procedure, but left in...

• Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as a Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 48

  Top defense officials are accusing Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville of jeopardizing America's national security with his hold on roughly...

• Bruce Springsteen postpones September shows, citing doctor's advice regarding ulcer treatment

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  The Boss is taking an unexpected breather and canceling his September shows, citing doctors' orders.

• McConnell dodges questions on his health in first press conference back in Washington

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 47

  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell repeatedly refused to give more detail Wednesday on what exactly was ailing him during a pair of freezing...

• Naomi Osaka returns to the U.S. Open for a discussion about mental health with Michael Phelps

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 55

  Naomi Osaka returned to the U.S. Open - the site of some of the tennis star's greatest triumphs on a court and some difficult moments off it - for...

• Mexico ends its federal ban on abortion, but a patchwork of state restrictions remains

  7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 56

  A Mexican Supreme Court decision to end the federal ban on abortion extended a regional trend of increasing access to the procedure, but left in...