On Tuesday, April 22, 2026, the Pentagon ended its decades-long requirement that all U.S. military personnel receive an annual flu vaccine. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine, citing “medical autonomy” and religious freedom. A memorandum signed by Hegseth on Monday...
Dr. Rhonda Patrick, biomedical scientist and host of the widely followed FoundMyFitness podcast, went on record in early 2025 warning people to stop handling paper receipts whenever possible. Her reason was direct: thermal paper receipts are loaded with bisphenol A, better known as BPA, a chemical that transfers easily to the skin and enters the bloodstream without...
Space is big. Disturbingly big. And most of the time, it goes about its business without us paying much attention. But every so often, something out there catches scientists’ eyes in a way that stops the room. Asteroid Bennu is one of those things. It’s a rocky, spinning lump about 1,610 feet wide – roughly...
Certified trainer Chris Freytag has spent more than 35 years in the fitness industry, coaching women through the physical changes that come with midlife. She started as a journalist by degree before becoming a certified health coach, personal trainer, and group fitness instructor, and has spent 35 years helping hundreds of thousands of women move...
Sleep affects nearly every system in the human body – but few sleep experiences are as disorienting, or as poorly understood, as sleep paralysis. A large-scale systematic review published in Current Psychiatry Reports found that up to 8% of the general population has experienced at least one episode of sleep paralysis in their lifetime. That figure may...
People who score high on measures of prosocial behavior (meaning acts that benefit others without expectation of reward) and who also maintain relatively small social circles share a set of remarkably consistent behavioral patterns, according to a growing body of social psychology research. A 2024 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by...
Millions of Americans deal with a plugged-up nose day after day, season after season. For many, the culprit is not a common cold or seasonal allergies. There is a range of non-infectious causes of nasal congestion, from what you eat and where you live to the structural shape of your nasal passages and the health...
On November 12, 2025, at the United States Mint’s facility in Philadelphia, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach stamped what will go down in history as the last circulating penny ever produced in America. The event marked the official end of the penny’s 232-year run as a coin made for everyday commerce. The Secretary of the Treasury...
A wellness writer and health columnist on Medium, Bridget Webber, recently published a personal account detailing 10 behaviors adults over 50 should stop for a happier, calmer life. The piece drew widespread attention from readers in midlife and beyond, many of whom recognized the patterns she described in their own daily routines. Webber’s core argument is...
Two symptoms sit at the top of every gynecologic oncologist’s list when they talk about catching cancer before it becomes life-threatening: abnormal vaginal bleeding and changes in the breast. Both are primary early warning signs of cancer in women, and both are signals that women’s bodies send early enough to make a real difference –...
Nutrition researchers have spent decades building a case for a plant that most North Americans overlook entirely. Guava leaves – the dark green foliage of Psidium guajava, a tropical tree cultivated across Asia, Latin America, and Africa – contain a dense cluster of bioactive compounds that multiple peer-reviewed studies now link directly to lower blood glucose...
A recent CBS News investigation reviewed business and financial records for every hospice operating in Los Angeles County – all roughly 1,800 of them. The findings were stark. More than 700 of those providers were still operating while triggering multiple fraud red flags defined by California state auditors. The analysis, led by CBS News correspondent Adam...
