Health
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Vets issue urgent warning to pet owners as flesh-eating screwworm spreads through Texas and New Mexico
Two New World screwworm cases in dogs are among more than 30 confirmed instances in Texas and New Mexico, prompting warnings Wednesday from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to remain vigilant to protect their animals. The parasite reappeared in cattle in the U.S. in June, more than 50 years after it had…
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‘Cop on your wrist’— Wearables offer tons of data but people are still going to sleep to Netflix and TikTok
Lots of people know they could be eating more greens, sleeping better, and getting in more cardio. The problem is what to do with all that data now that people have real information about themselves, courtesy of wearable medical and health devices. And, moreover, identifying the exact behavior we need to change—and then actually altering…
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3 million Americans have dropped Obamacare health coverage over past year, after Republicans let federal subsidies expire
About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data. In the report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 13% drop in enrollment from 22.1 million people in 2025…
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Best Beef Organ Supplements (2026): Expert Tested and Reviewed
Even just talking about organ meats makes many people’s noses wrinkle, let alone actually buying and cooking them. They can be very tasty, but we understand it’s not everyone’s thing. However, here’s what you should know: Organ meats are nutrient powerhouses, with B vitamins, vitamin A, iron, and more. This is why beef organ supplements…
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Scientists tickled monkeys to find if they have the same giggles as humans — and they do
Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How do we know this? Researchers tickled 13 captive apes — including gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos — and recorded the results. The new research reexamined those decades-old recordings and compared them with the newly…
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How ‘Ozempic face’ is pushing Gen X, already the biggest Botox and filler consumers, to the facelift table a decade early
As the “forgotten generation” squashed between the culturally dominant Boomers and millennials, the people born between the late 60s and 80s often go under the radar in conversations about Botox online. But that generation is now arriving at plastic surgeons’ offices not just for wrinkle treatments, but for facelifts once reserved for patients 15 years…
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The U.S. cut cancer deaths by 34% since 1991—but not in 458 rural counties
Cancer in the United States experienced a dramatic turnaround in 1991. Prior to that year, cancer deaths had been increasing for decades, peaking at 215 deaths per 100,000 people, meaning about 1 in 4 deaths were attributed to cancer. Then it began to consistently decline, decreasing by 34% between 1991 and 2022. This amounted to…
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For the first time ever, no young women in England died of cervical cancer. In the U.S., RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism stalls HPV progress
For the first time since records have been kept, a five-year stretch passed in England without a single young woman dying of cervical cancer. Between 2020 and 2024, not one woman aged 20 to 24 died of the disease—a cohort that, absent vaccination, would have been expected to lose roughly 23 of its members to…
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A better sunscreen has been available in Europe for 25 years. It just became legal to sell in the U.S.
As summer in the U.S. heats up, people become more diligent about protecting their skin from the Sun. Another option for doing so will soon be available. On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first new sunscreen ingredient to be permitted for over-the-counter consumer use in the U.S. since 1999…
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Your quartz countertop is the new asbestos — for the workers who cut it
If you walk into a Costco, Home Depot or Lowe’s and order a countertop for your kitchen renovation, the store will likely contract with a local fabrication shop, instructing them to make one from a material called engineered stone. Often marketed as “quartz,” engineered stone is a synthetic product that contains up to 95% finely…