Washington Times - Health

• US military to begin draining leaky fuel tank facility that poisoned Pearl Harbor drinking water

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 34

  The military next week plans to begin draining fuel from World War II-era underground fuel tanks in Hawaii, nearly two years after the massive...

• The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 36

  The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona's most populous county - still being tallied after the area's hottest summer ever recorded - has...

• Amid a mental health crisis, toy industry takes on a new role: building resilience

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 47

  As more children emerge from the pandemic grappling with mental health issues, their parents are seeking ways for them to build emotional resilience.

• California Gov. Newsom signs law to slowly raise health care workers' minimum wage to $25 per hour

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 38

  California will raise the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 per hour over the next decade under a new law Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom...

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• House subpoenas records of potential 'coverup' to protect Fauci

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  The House panel investigating the coronavirus announced Friday it has served a subpoena on the National Institutes of Health to get records that...

• Israeli airstrikes destroy only Planned Parenthood clinic in Gaza Strip

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 18

  The only Planned Parenthood-affiliated clinic in the Gaza Strip was demolished by Israel Defense Forces warplanes following the deadly Hamas attack...

• Annual window to shop for Medicare Advantage plans returns on Sunday

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Open enrollment for Medicare opens Sunday, and seniors could have dozens of options.

• A father worries for his missing child: 'My daughter didn't go to war. She just went to dance'

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 40

  Because of the fracture in her right leg, Karin Journo had talked herself out of going to the Tribe of Nova music festival and sold her ticket. But...

• Sharon Stone says health issues slowed her acting career so she's expressing herself through paint

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 50

  During the pandemic, a friend sent Sharon Stone a paint-by-numbers set to keep her busy, a gesture that has led to a new path of creative...

• North Carolina Medicaid expansion still set for Dec. 1 start as federal regulators give final OK

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  Federal regulators have given their final approval for North Carolina to begin offering Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults on...

• Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike

  14-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 44

  Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing...

• A doctors group calls its 'excited delirium' paper outdated and withdraws its approval

  13-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 45

  A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on "excited delirium," a document that critics say has been used...