Washington Times - Health

• Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds

  12-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change...

• 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered at an Iowa farm where bird flu was found

  11-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  An additional 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the bird flu after the virus was confirmed on an Iowa egg farm in...

• Republican faction seeks to keep courts from interpreting Ohio's new abortion rights amendment

  11-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 44

  Four Ohio Republican state lawmakers are seeking to strip judges of their power to interpret an abortion rights amendment after voters opted to...

• The GOP congressman who leads the House's probe of COVID-19's origins says he won't seek reelection

  11-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 23

  Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup, who leads the House GOP's investigation of the origins of COVID-19, says he won't seek reelection next year.

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• Sex therapist Dr. Ruth named New York's first 'ambassador to loneliness'

  11-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 36

  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has named longtime talk radio host and famous sex therapist Ruth Westheimer as the state's first "ambassador to...

• U.K. judge decries legal tactics used by sick child's parents as he refuses to let her die at home

  11-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 62

  A British judge on Friday expressed profound concerns about the tactics of the parents of a terminally ill infant as he refused to allow them to...

• Verdict in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case to be given by end of January

  11-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 31

  A verdict in the Beijing Olympics doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva should be given by the end of January, the Court of...

• Things to know about efforts to block people from crossing state lines for abortion

  11-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  A federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice this week said that states are going too far by trying to block people from helping others cross...

• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suffers a stroke while attending a business conference

  10-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 27

  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he suffered a minor stroke while attending a business conference in Mexico City.

• Maya Kowalski's family wins $211 million lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

  10-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 51

  The family of Maya Kowalski, the 17-year-old subject of Netflix's "Take Care of Maya," won more than $200 million against Johns Hopkins All...

• U.S. childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever

  10-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said...

• New York University surgeons perform world's first whole eye and partial face transplant

  10-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 37

  Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York have successfully performed the world's first whole eye and partial face transplant on a patient from...