Biden summons Bernie Sanders to help boost drug-price campaign
The president is hoping the Vermont senator can help tap into popular frustrations against pharmaceutical firms. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Diamond Source Type: news
Largest U.S. egg producer detects bird flu at Texas plant
Cal-Maine Foods culled 1.6 million hens after some tested positive for avian influenza. The U.S. has seen an uptick of cases in livestock such as dairy cows. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jeong Source Type: news
How prepared the U.S. is for a bird flu pandemic
Federal officials are preparing for the possibility of additional human cases of bird flu, testing components to create an H5N1 vaccine after a Texas dairy worker was infected with the highly virulent virus. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
Bird flu in humans, explained
Here ’s what to know about bird flu, its symptoms and treatment, and its risk to humans and pets. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lindsey Bever, Annabelle Timsit, Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
‘No help here’: Florida abortion ruling leaves women with few options
The law allowed to go into effect by Florida ’s Supreme Court will affect more women seeking abortions in the first trimester than any other ban to date. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Caroline Kitchener Source Type: news
Bird flu detected in dairy worker who had contact with infected cattle in Texas
This is the second case of a human sickened by this highly virulent strain of bird flu in the United States, raising questions about whether this pathogen is now more easily transmitted among mammals. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein Source Type: news
What to know about 6 important blood tests for your health
Who should take these six key tests, and how often? Experts offer advice. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Laura Entis Source Type: news
‘Ego-lifting’ cited as probable factor in exercise-related head injuries
Adolescent weightlifters are most likely to suffer head and facial mishaps, and men outpace women in ER visits, study says. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Searing Source Type: news
Most sudden infant deaths involved unsafe sleep habits, study finds
The analysis mirrors known risk factors for sudden infant death. Current recommendations say infants should sleep on firm, flat, level sleep surfaces. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
Bird flu spreads to dairy cows in Idaho, Michigan and New Mexico
Five states have been affected, with evidence the virus may be spreading cow-to-cow. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
FDA issues alert on heart pump associated with 49 deaths
Impella pumps are tiny devices used temporarily used to help support a patient ’s heart. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rachel Roubein Source Type: news
Rare but severe cases of meningitis are on the rise, CDC warns
The agency is reporting a spike in bacterial infections that can cause potentially life-threatening inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sabrina Malhi Source Type: news
Puerto Rico declares an epidemic after dengue cases spike. What you need to know.
More than 500 cases have been reported from the island. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sabrina Malhi Source Type: news
Alito and Thomas kept bringing up Comstock. That scared abortion rights supporters.
Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas repeatedly invoked the 151-year-old law Tuesday during oral arguments in an abortion pill case. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Diamond Source Type: news
Supreme Court skeptical of efforts to restrict access to abortion pill
Several justices seemed interested in a narrow ruling that would not address the regulatory or safety issues, but would maintain existing access to mifepristone. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ann Marimow, Caroline Kitchener Source Type: news
