Category: Washington Post

New study suggests covid increases risks of brain disorders

The analysis found that people were at increased risk for dementia, epilepsy, psychosis and brain fog for about two years after contracting covid.

Endurance sports make a life-changing update for some athletes

More endurance sports are creating nonbinary categories, which is a cause for celebration for nonbinary athletes.

Nafis Sadik, U.N. champion of women’s reproductive rights, dies at 92

She led the U.N. Population Fund and spent decades confronting government leaders about the importance of elevating the status of women.

White House speeds monkeypox vaccines, but not everyone likes the plan

Officials also strike deal to expedite 2.5 million vials by having vaccines finished in the United States, rather than Denmark.

A brain-eating amoeba may have killed child in Nebraska, officials say

The child is thought to have contracted an infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri after swimming in the Elkhorn River in Douglas County, Neb.

What you need to know about E. coli

A “fast-moving” E. coli outbreak has been reported in Michigan and Ohio. Here’s what you need to know about the bacteria often linked to food sources.

Walgreens, CVS and Walmart ordered to pay $650 million in opioid lawsuit

A jury previously found that the pharmacy chains bore some responsibility for flooding Ohio’s Lake and Trumbull counties with prescription painkillers.

CDC reports ‘fast-moving’ E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio

The E. coli outbreak, from an unknown food source, has sickened 29 people, the CDC said. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever and vomiting.

What to know before buying over-the-counter hearing aids

The Food and Drug Administration okayed cheaper, over-the-counter hearing aids Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know.

Two West Nile virus cases in N.Y. amid surge in infected mosquitos

New York health authorities announced that two people have been infected with West Nile virus in the state — one case in Brooklyn and another in Queens — as “a record number” of infected mosquitoes have been detected.