Washington Times - Health
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Lightning strikes five students in western Japan and leaves one unconscious, reports say
A lightning strike in western Japan injured five students at a school playground on Thursday, including one who remained unconscious, media reports...
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CDC officials plan for the agency's splintering, but questions remain
A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency's splintering.
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Cabot Creamery butter recalled over fecal bacteria contamination
A Vermont firm has recalled more than 1,700 pounds of butter because it may be contaminated with coliform, a type of bacteria found in fecal matter.
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This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it
During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All...
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A machine using ultrasound and AI can gauge the fattiness of a tuna fish
Seafood lovers know the fatty marbling is what makes tuna sashimi and sushi so tasty, so for the industry, it's the fish's level of fattiness...
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Zeldin to pursue new ban on animal testing at EPA
Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to revive a ban on animal testing at the Environmental Protection Agency, The Washington Times has learned.
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The U.S. has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here's what to know
Texas surpassed 500 measles cases Tuesday, just days after a third person died from a measles-related illness.
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Nigeria struggles to rein in a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 150
Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west...
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Trump says tariffs on medicine coming
President Trump announced that pharmaceuticals will be the next target of his tariffs, which he says will bring pharmaceutical production back to...
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Pentagon offering back pay, benefits to troops forced out over refusal to follow COVID mandates
The Pentagon is reaching out to some 8,700 ex-service members who were forced out of the military over the Defense Department's COVID-19 mandate...
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Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving U.N. food programs by mistake
The State Department said Tuesday that it had rolled back an undisclosed number of sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency...
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Why water fluoridation is under fire in the U.S.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in...