Washington Times - Health

• FDA nominee sidesteps questions on abortion pill, agency layoffs and other issues

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 14

  President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration largely sidestepped questions Thursday from senators about how he would...

• Senate bill seeks to tackle the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. from China and Mexico

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 15

  In a rare bipartisan move, two senators have introduced legislation in the latest attempt to fight the flow of fentanyl and its precursors into the...

• More than hot flashes: Women raise awareness about menopause symptoms and work

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  It took five years for Crystal Burke to put a name to the symptoms that haunted her.

• Trump's FDA nominee faces Senate questions after agency layoffs and resignations

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration is set to answer Senate questions Thursday about his plans for the agency,...

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• Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 12

  Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and...

• Pope Francis rests after peaceful night during third week of hospital treatment for pneumonia

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 16

  Pope Francis was awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said.

• Trump DOJ moves to cancel Biden-era challenge to Idaho's strict abortion ban

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 16

  The Trump administration moved to drop a lawsuit Wednesday against Idaho that had been initiated by the Biden administration against the state over...

• Measles affecting multiple states, with most cases in deadly Texas outbreak

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  The number of measles cases in the U.S. is growing, with most of them clustered in West Texas.

• Marines and soldiers discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine show limited interest in rejoining

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 14

  Roughly 650 Marines and Army soldiers who were forced out of the military for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine have so far expressed interest...

• Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration's plans to cut the VA's budget

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 13

  Stephen Watson served in the Marines for 22 years and receives care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for a traumatic brain injury. He...

• Texas Democrat Rep. Sylvester Turner, 70, dies two months into first congressional term

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 15

  Rep. Sylvester Turner, Texas Democrat and former mayor of Houston, died suddenly at age 70, just two months into his first congressional term.

• Students at Long Island middle school hospitalized after eating weed gummies

  8-3-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 15

  A student at William Floyd Middle School in the Long Island town of Moriches, New York, handed out THC-filled gummies to 12 classmates this week,...