Flu activity remains elevated throughout the United States, with children being hit especially hard, according to newly released data from the CDC....
Natural Cycles, the company behind a controversial FDA-cleared birth control app, is replacing its thermometer with a wristband that measures skin temperature, heart rate, and movement during sleep. T...
An xAI cofounder is shifting into an advisory role after a Lyme disease diagnosis to "go founder mode on my health." Illustration by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images An xAI cofounder sa...
From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...
Traveling nonstop sounds incredible, but it can come with some serious drawbacks. Meredith Bethune For years, I happily travelled nonstop for work, ignoring the toll it was taking on my health. When m...
Hi I’m Chris, one of the co-founders of Shimmer ( https://www.shimmer.care ), and today we’re launching our new app called Indy ( https://www.shimmer.care/indy ). Indy is an ADHD app for structured pl...
Rural hospital closures limit healthcare for millions of Americans. Thomas Northcut/Getty Images Over `100 rural hospitals have closed since 2005, making it hard for millions to access healthcare. ERs...
Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky fuels for 4-hour training days with veggie omelets and protein-packed dinners. Eggland's Best Katie Ledecky typically trains for 4 hours a day, split into a mornin...
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The Chilean government has awarded a contract to Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech to supply its influenza vaccine ahead of the southern hemisphere winter. The vaccine will be part of Chi...
Mandalia left his job in 2022 and spent 18 months traveling. Courtesy of Himal Mandalia Himal Mandalia took a six-month career break , which turned into 3 ½ years. He struggled to slow down during the...
Singer and songwriter Anne-Marie says she felt that asking for help as a new mom would reflect poorly on her. Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage Anne-Marie says she didn't want to ask for help as a...
Barbara Ford, 83, works in the medical field. Laura Thompson for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healt...
Oprah Winfrey at the American Ballet Theatre Gala on October 22, 2025. Lanna Apisukh/WWD via Getty Images Oprah Winfrey has been a weight-loss icon for decades and has always carried some shame &mdash...
Whole milk, yuck. Getty Images; BI The government's latest dietary guidelines suggest people drink whole milk instead of low-fat. This matters a lot for school lunches, where whole milk will get top b...
Snowboarder Chloe Kim says she's "good to go" for the Olympics despite tearing the labrum in her shoulder during a training run last week....
For the first time in the International Space Station's history, NASA safely returned a crew of four astronauts to Earth ahead of schedule due to medical issues affecting one of the group....
Whole milk is heading back to school lunch cafeterias...
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