Washington Times - Health

• Patients struggle with lack of consistent coverage for popular weight-loss drugs

  25-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 16

  Supplies of high-demand obesity treatments are improving, but that doesn't mean it's easier to get them.

• Pennsylvania hostage-taking and shootout highlight rising violence against U.S. hospital workers

  24-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five other people highlights the...

• Pope is awake, resting on 10th day of hospitalization after early stages of kidney problem detected

  24-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung...

• Pope Francis is conscious and receiving supplemental oxygen following a respiratory crisis

  23-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 18

  Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, as...

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• USDA reviewing University of Maine following Trump-Mills spat

  23-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 15

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a probe of the University of Maine with millions of federal funding on the line following a tiff...

• Hospital official: gunman killed after shots were fired at a Pennsylvania hospital

  23-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  A gunman has been killed after shots were fired Saturday at a hospital in central Pennsylvania, officials said.

• Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition

  23-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the...

• Engineering company settles Flint water lawsuits for $53M but denies any blame for lead crisis

  23-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  An engineering company said Friday it has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that alleged some blame for lead-contaminated...

• World's tallest roller coaster, Kingda Ka at Six Flags in New Jersey, is being demolished

  22-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  Kingda Ka, the world's tallest roller coaster and the fastest one in the U.S., will soon be imploded as part of its ongoing demolition. The ride at...

• Everyone agrees kids are safer flying in their own seats, its not required

  22-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  The crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto this week highlighted the potential dangers of flying with a young child sitting on an...

• Yearslong shortage of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs is resolved, FDA says

  22-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 18

  Shortages of Ozempic and Wegovy that have been in place for more than two years have been resolved, as supplies of the popular diabetes and obesity...

• Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

  22-2-2025 Health Washington Times - Health 17

  A court battle resumed Friday over the Trump administration's drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger...