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Peptide therapy vials used in anti-aging and longevity treatments popular among wealthy biohackers and billionaires

Billionaires Are Injecting Peptides to Stay Young. Scientists Say the Hype Is Outpacing the Evidence

The world’s richest people have always searched for ways to extend youth, improve health, and delay the effects of aging. From cryotherapy chambers and genetic testing to personalized nutrition programs and luxury

June 20, 2026

by Technology Desk

Centene Corporation community outreach event, with volunteers at a food bank

Centene Asks Most of Its 61,000 Workers to Leave as Medicaid Cuts and ACA Losses Bite

Centene is offering buyouts to most of its 61,000 employees, citing a 6 percent drop in plan membership, the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies, and the prospect of $900 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade. Layoffs will follow

June 18, 2026

by Economy Desk

ALS patient communicating through a brain-computer interface implant

An ALS Patient Has Spoken Two Million Words Through a Brain Implant Over Two Years

Casey Harrell, an ALS patient who lost the ability to speak, has communicated nearly two million

Parliament Hill in Ottawa, where federal officials released Canada's opioid death data

Canada’s Opioid Deaths Fell 23% in 2025, but Officials Won’t Call It a Turning Point

Opioid overdose deaths in Canada fell 23 per cent in 2025 to 5,630, a second straight

Powdered infant formula in a container with a scoop, illustrating the Nara Organics recall over botulism

Nara Organics Recalls All Its Infant Formula After Three Babies Get Botulism

Nara Organics recalled every lot of its Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula after three babies in California, Pennsylvania and Washington were hospitalized with infant botulism. No product has yet tested positive

June 16, 2026

Health·News

Diphtheria vaccination illustration, the vaccine that prevents the disease behind Australia's outbreak

Diphtheria, a Disease of the Victorian Era, Returns to Kill in the Northern Territory

Australia has recorded its worst diphtheria outbreak since 1991 and its first death from the disease in nearly a decade, with most of the 245 cases in remote Northern Territory communities. A

June 15, 2026

Health·News

Wellness technology over-optimization backlash concept showing the shift from data-driven tracking to intuitive health 2026

The Wearable That Gave You Insomnia Is Being Replaced by One That Doesn’t Ask You to Look

The quantified-self movement gave millions of people unprecedented insight into their own bodies — and, for a significant number of them, a new anxiety disorder in the process. The wellness industry is

June 14, 2026

Health·News·Technology

Eight Sleep Pod 5 AI-powered smart mattress cover with temperature control and health monitoring hub

Your Bed Is Watching You Sleep — and It Wants to Be Your Doctor

Eight Sleep's AI-powered Pod cover, now valued at $1.5 billion, is pushing toward FDA clearance for sleep apnea detection — raising urgent questions about what it means to rent the intelligence in

June 14, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Health·News·Technology

Cancer cells under microscope representing cytokine release syndrome POLB 001 TOPICAL trial

Oral Drug That Could Stop Cytokine Storms in Cancer Patients Begins London Trial

A London-based clinical trial has begun recruiting patients for POLB 001, an oral drug designed to prevent the cytokine storm that hospitalises a majority of cancer immunotherapy patients — with no approved

June 14, 2026

Health·News

Apple Fitness Plus iPhone screens showing Strong Through Menopause workout program iOS 27

Apple’s iOS 27 Will Tell Women They Might Be in Perimenopause Before Their Doctor Does

Apple's iOS 27 and watchOS 27 introduce the first proactive perimenopause notification system in consumer health tech, alerting women 40 and older when cycle patterns suggest the hormonal transition is underway —

June 13, 2026

Health·News·Technology

Healthcare workers in protective gear at Ebola treatment centre in Rwampara, Ituri province, DRC

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The Bundibugyo Ebola virus has reached a crowded displacement camp in Ituri province, where 30,000 people live and hundreds share a single toilet, as WHO officials acknowledge the outbreak is spreading into

June 12, 2026

Health·News

Soccer fans packed into a stadium at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The World Cup Starts Tomorrow. The CDC Has Lost a Quarter of Its Staff.

The 2026 World Cup opens Thursday with 6.5 million fans converging on 16 cities — while measles has already surpassed 2,000 U.S. cases this year and the CDC has lost nearly a

June 12, 2026

Health·News

Boxes of Zepbound, the Eli Lilly drug Shaquille O'Neal is promoting for obstructive sleep apnea

Shaq Says a Weight-Loss Drug Fixed His Sleep Apnea. He Is Also Being Paid to Say It.

Shaquille O'Neal says years of snoring and daytime exhaustion turned out to be obstructive sleep apnea, and that Eli Lilly's Zepbound helped. The candor is real. So is the contract: his disclosure

June 12, 2026

Entertainment·Health·News

MIT researcher wearing AR headset using the AR-VIU augmented reality ultrasound system developed at MIT Media Lab

MIT’s AR Headset Lets Beginners Read Ultrasounds Like Veteran Clinicians — But Experts Aren’t Ready to Switch

MIT researchers have built an augmented reality system that narrows the performance gap between ultrasound novices and experts to near-zero — but its path to clinical adoption runs directly through the resistance

June 11, 2026

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Centene Asks Most of Its 61,000 Workers to Leave as Medicaid Cuts and ACA Losses Bite

An ALS Patient Has Spoken Two Million Words Through a Brain Implant Over Two Years

Canada’s Opioid Deaths Fell 23% in 2025, but Officials Won’t Call It a Turning Point

Nara Organics Recalls All Its Infant Formula After Three Babies Get Botulism

Diphtheria, a Disease of the Victorian Era, Returns to Kill in the Northern Territory

The Wearable That Gave You Insomnia Is Being Replaced by One That Doesn’t Ask You to Look

Your Bed Is Watching You Sleep — and It Wants to Be Your Doctor

Oral Drug That Could Stop Cytokine Storms in Cancer Patients Begins London Trial

Apple’s iOS 27 Will Tell Women They Might Be in Perimenopause Before Their Doctor Does

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The World Cup Starts Tomorrow. The CDC Has Lost a Quarter of Its Staff.

Shaq Says a Weight-Loss Drug Fixed His Sleep Apnea. He Is Also Being Paid to Say It.

MIT’s AR Headset Lets Beginners Read Ultrasounds Like Veteran Clinicians — But Experts Aren’t Ready to Switch

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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