Category: Washington Post

Pause of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine likely to be lifted by Friday, Fauci says

The return of the J&J vaccine will probably be accompanied by restrictions or warnings, Fauci said.

‘Ripe for fraud’: Coronavirus vaccination cards support burgeoning scams

Officials warn that the falsified cards could endanger lives and undermine efforts to end the pandemic.

HHS employee dies while helping at shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Houston

Mary Brodie-Henderson collapsed Friday while working at a site that housed several hundred unaccompanied children and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, official says.

After a year of pandemic-delayed medical treatments, doctors are seeing more cases of advanced illnesses.

Physicians and other health experts say they are now dealing with advanced cancers, rotting teeth, eye problems and mental health issues.

This pandemic seems to have no end. But years living with sarcoidosis has taught me we can get through this.

I routinely “lost” whole years when my heart and brain were attacked by the disease, a chronic and potentially lethal inflammatory ailment.

6 tips to help you detect fake science news

If what you’re reading seems too good to be true, it just might be.

Nation’s health by the numbers can be found at CDC-affiliated blog

The National Center for Health Statistics compiles and releases tons of data on such issues as coronavirus deaths, drug overdoses, mental health and others.

As more states legalize marijuana, more children accidentally ingest THC-laced edibles

Poison control centers say candy-like pot edibles are falling into the hands — and mouths — of kids.

Biden administration removes Trump-era restrictions on fetal tissue research

NIH reverses internal ban on purchase of fetal tissue and eliminates ethics review for grant applications from university researchers.

Civil rights and Black health organizations press Biden administration to ban menthol cigarettes

Advocates demand action against a product that has increased illnesses and death in Black communities.