Nearly 1 million Americans in 30 states will receive a one-time $500 Obamacare refund check starting in October 2026, funded by excess federal exchange "user fees" the government collected but…
Health Literacy in the US show that only 12% of adults have proficient health literacy, according to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, the most recent large-scale federal measurement of…
Roughly 27.2 million Americans were uninsured in 2024, the most recent confirmed year of federal data, and that number is projected to climb toward 30 million in 2026 after the…
The rate of U.S. newborns not receiving a vitamin K injection at birth climbed to 8.1% by the end of June 2026, up from 5.2% just six months earlier, according…
American Polygraph Association's meta-analysis of 3,723 examinations puts overall decision accuracy at 87%. In 2026, roughly 62% of large US law enforcement agencies still require pre-employment polygraph screening, even though…
Social Media Health Trends in America 2026 Social media health trends in the US have moved from a niche corner of the internet into the dominant force shaping how Americans…
What is Hormone Replacement Therapy? Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) — now more precisely referred to in clinical literature as Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) when discussing estrogen-based treatment — is a…
Where does CTE research stand in 2026? Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive, degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head impacts, and it can currently only be definitively diagnosed…
Normal Blood Sugar Levels in 2026 Blood sugar, or blood glucose, is one of the most closely watched numbers in modern health care, and for good reason: it sits at…
What is Cortisol? Cortisol is the body's main stress hormone, produced by the adrenal glands and controlled by a feedback loop known as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In America in…