March 10, 2023, 8:08am Health
The House voted unanimously on Friday to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support near the third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic. Read story
March 10, 2023, 6:00am Health
It’s been three years since the people of Washington hunkered down in the face of a COVID-19 outbreak that upended society and ushered in debates about responding to the virus that continue today. And while people have returned to in-person work and social life and public-health restrictions have been lifted,… Read story
March 9, 2023, 9:46am Breast Cancer
All U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot. Read story
March 9, 2023, 9:43am Health
President Joe Biden is asking Congress for more than $2.8 billion in the federal budget he’s sending to Capitol Hill on Thursday to help advance his cancer-fighting goals. Read story
March 9, 2023, 8:13am Health
After years of refusing to expand Medicaid benefits for new moms, Republican officials in more than a half-dozen states are now reversing course and trumpeting that coverage as central to their conservative, anti-abortion agenda. Read story
March 8, 2023, 10:26am Health
Hospitals may soon have to follow safe staffing standards, including staff-patient ratios, if a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday becomes law. Read story
March 8, 2023, 7:34am Business
The maker of an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births says it will voluntarily remove the product from the U.S., after regulators signaled plans to follow through on a long-delayed effort to force it from the market. Read story
March 8, 2023, 7:31am Health
America’s search for weight-loss treatment has come to a head, resulting in a drug shortage that’s depriving diabetic and obese patients from getting proper medical treatment. Read story
March 7, 2023, 11:46am Business
U.S. health officials are alerting consumers about two more recalls of eyedrops due to contamination risks that could lead to vision problems and serious injury. Read story
March 7, 2023, 8:16am Health
President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance program's solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. Read story
