How The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Could Reshape Your Health Care Costs
If you are on Medicare, rely on Medicaid, or shop on the ACA marketplace, House Resolution 1 could change your routine fast. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, targets about one trillion dollars in federal health spending reductions through 2034. Projections indicate at least 10 million people could lose insurance within nine years, with the heaviest...
Fed Set to Cut Rates as Hiring Slows, Prices Stir
Your mortgage, car loan, and credit card interest could all be influenced by a single announcement this afternoon. At 2 p.m. Eastern, the Federal Reserve is expected to deliver the first interest rate cut of 2025, a move aimed at supporting an economy that has cooled in places while still wrestling with pockets of inflation. The biggest unknowns are...
Grim Respiratory Virus Season Outlook
As cooler weather returns, many households are already asking the same question: will this fall and winter be better, worse, or about the same for respiratory viruses? The best current read is cautiously steady. Experts expect the peak combined weekly hospitalizations from COVID-19, influenza, and RSV to be similar to last season, within about 20 percent either way. Multiple...
Your Guide to the coming 2025 Flu Season. What’s New?
If getting a flu shot slips to the bottom of your to-do list each fall, you are not alone. Yet influenza remains a steady seasonal threat in the United States, causing millions of illnesses every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that a typical season can bring 9 to 41 million illnesses, 140,000 to 710,000 hospitalizations,...
Midlife Surge: Pinpointing When The Body Triggers Rapid Aging
If you have ever felt like your body changed gears in your late 40s or early 50s, new research suggests you are not imagining it. A multiorgan analysis of human tissues maps a sharp acceleration of biological aging during midlife, roughly between ages 45 and 55. The study examined 516 samples from 76 organ donors aged 14 to 68...
Why Gold Keeps Climbing in 2025
If you feel like everyone is talking about gold again, you are not imagining it. Prices have pushed to fresh records after breaking above the 2020 and 2024 peaks, putting the metal squarely back in the spotlight for savers and investors. What makes this rally stand out is that it arrived even while real interest rates were relatively high...
iOS 26 and iPadOS 26: who gets it and what’s new
If your iPhone or iPad is the first thing you check in the morning, today’s update will feel like a fresh coat of paint and a smarter toolbox. Apple has released iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 as free updates, bringing a significant visual refresh alongside practical new features that aim to save time, reduce friction, and make everyday tasks...
Psilocybin Therapy Shows Five-Year Gains in Depression
If you or someone you love lives with major depression, the idea of relief that lasts can feel out of reach. New five-year follow-up data from a small clinical study of psilocybin-assisted therapy suggests that lasting change may be possible. About two-thirds of participants remained in remission five years after treatment, and many reported broader improvements in anxiety, daily...
5 Very Good Reasons To Eat Avocado Seeds
There aren’t many people out there who don’t like avocados. They’re creamy, delicious, brilliantly versatile and undeniably one of the greatest superfoods available on supermarket shelves. Most people are aware of the wide-ranging health benefits that avocado flesh provides, but few know that the seed they throw away each time they eat an avocado can provide an impressive array...
Blue Zones Habits You Can Use for a Longer Life
If you have ever wondered why some people stay spry into their 90s, the answer may be less about lucky genes and more about everyday choices. Blue Zones are places where residents reach 100 in good health more often than average, and their lives offer clues you can use today. Twin studies suggest genetics explain only about 20 to...
