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Cigarettes are arranged for a photograph in New York on Dec. 17, 2019.

WA lawmakers light up plan for cigarette tax hike

Cigarettes are arranged for a photograph in New York on Dec. 17, 2019.

February 24, 2025, 3:03pm Health

Increasing taxes on cigarettes, cigars and vapor products could be on the buffet of revenue-raising options Washington lawmakers consider to erase a looming budget shortfall. Read story

FDA moves to rehire medical device staffers fired only days earlier

February 24, 2025, 11:44am Health

Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Read story

Paul Mack poses for a portrait in Redwood City, Calif., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

Patients struggle with lack of consistent coverage for popular weight-loss drugs

Paul Mack poses for a portrait in Redwood City, Calif., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

February 24, 2025, 7:43am Health

Supplies of high-demand obesity treatments are improving, but that doesn’t mean it’s easier to get them. Read story

The Department of Justice has successfully argued at trial that Pain MDǃÙs ǃúunnecessary and expensive injectionsǃù were largely ineffective because they targeted the wrong body part, contained short-lived numbing medications but no steroids, and appeared to be based on test shots given to cadavers ÇƒÓ people who felt neither pain nor relief because they were dead.

Pain clinics made millions from ‘unnecessary’ injections into ‘human pin cushions’

The Department of Justice has successfully argued at trial that Pain MDǃÙs ǃúunnecessary and expensive injectionsǃù were largely ineffective because they targeted the wrong body part, contained short-lived numbing medications but no steroids, and appeared to be based on test shots given to cadavers ÇƒÓ people who felt neither pain nor relief because they were dead.

February 23, 2025, 6:00am Health

Each month, Michelle Shaw went to a pain clinic to get the shots that made her back feel worse — so she could get the pills that made her back feel better. Read story

FILE - Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019.

Measles outbreaks rise to nearly 100 cases between Texas and New Mexico. Here’s what you should know

FILE - Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019.

February 23, 2025, 6:00am Health

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized. Read story

US President Donald Trump (left) and US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (second left) look on as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2025.

Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, again?

US President Donald Trump (left) and US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (second left) look on as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2025.

February 23, 2025, 6:00am Health

In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he now oversees. Read story

Shawna Green, waitress at Granny Shaffer’s, puts out menus for customers Dec. 18 at the Joplin, Mo., restaurant.

Is spending all day on your feet at work an occupational hazard?

Shawna Green, waitress at Granny Shaffer’s, puts out menus for customers Dec. 18 at the Joplin, Mo., restaurant.

February 23, 2025, 5:55am Business

As a citizen of both France and America, Margaux Lantelme has noticed a difference in how store cashiers work in the two countries: in France, they do their jobs sitting down. In the U.S., where Lantelme works a register at REI, cashiers typically spend eight hours a day on their… Read story

A TV screen shows a file image of late South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

Death of South Korean actor at 24 sparks discussion about social media and internet culture

A TV screen shows a file image of late South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

February 23, 2025, 5:52am Health

South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment. Read story