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Millions of Americans Are Expected To Drop Their Affordable Care Act Plans. They’re Looking for a Plan B.

It’s feeding time for the animals on this property outside Nashville, Tennessee. An albino raccoon named Cricket reaches through the wires of its cage to grab an animal cracker, an appe...

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37 Celebrities Who Didn’t Deserve The Downfall They Experienced

Perhaps you grew up dreaming of being rich and famous. Hollywood stars seem to have it all. And celebrities have millions of fans around the world who love them, so how could they be unhappy? But t...

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Woman thought ‘this is it’ as she was being strangled by husband on five-star Thai holiday

David Turner, 61, was ‘frothing at the mouth’ as he attacked wife (Picture: SWNS) A businessman who admitted strangling his wife on a luxury five-star family holiday in Thailand ...

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Coffee's Surprising Health Benefits: What the Latest Research Says

Research suggests that coffee may offer more benefits than initially thought. Image Credit: Juan Moyano/Stocksy A 2025 study found that coffee drinkers may have a 40% lower risk of AFib re...

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The Flu Really Is That Bad

The flu situation in the United States right now is, in a word, bad. Infections have skyrocketed in recent weeks, filling hospitals nearly to capacity; viral levels are “high” or “very high” in mos...

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“I’ve never seen anything like it” - James Tarkowski on Michael Keane’s dismissal

“I’ve never seen anything like it” - James Tarkowski on Michael Keane’s dismissalJames Tarkowski believes that the referee’s decision to show Michael Keane a red card was “bizarre” and that his tea...

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America Has Entered Late-Stage Protein

On a recent Tuesday morning, I was blessed with a miracle in a mini-mart. I had set out to find the protein bar I kept hearing about, only to find a row of empty boxes. But then I spotted the shimm...

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Journalists Update Listeners on Expiration of Insurance Subsidies and New Rural Health Funding

KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed changes to the Affordable Care Act in 2026 and how enrollees may be affected on WUNC’s Due South on Jan. 7. Click here to hear ...

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Best Foods to Help You Live a Longer, Healthier Life, According to Research

Foods found in the Mediterranean diet, such as fruits and vegetables, may contribute to a longer life span. Image Credit: Adrian Rodd/Stocksy Nutrition is believed to play an important rol...

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Fiancée’s Obsession With Her Bully Ruins Relationships: “Ella Has Been Stalking Her”

It’s not always easy to find the love of your life. You might spend years perusing dating apps, suffering through uncomfortable blind dates, and warding off DMs from people who give you the creeps....

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Vaccines Jettisoned by CDC Safeguarded Millions From Disease

The federal government scaled back its recommended childhood vaccines, sidelining six that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term disability, and death. Just three of th...

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RFK Jr. Announces New Food Pyramid Reducing Added Sugars, Processed Foods

Federal health officials say the inverted food pyramid structure in the new dietary guidelines will help make Americans healthier. Mapodile/Getty Images Federal officials have released the...

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California Ends Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Despite TrumpRx Plan

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight loss drugs lost their coverage for the medications at the start of the new year. Health officials are recom...

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Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.

NEW ORLEANS — From the outside, the abandoned Family Dollar store in the Lower 9th Ward looks intimidating. It’s covered in graffiti, with aluminum cans and trash dotting the parking lot. It sits o...

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The Tastiest Meat Americans Can’t Buy

The deer were out there. The crisp tracks in the snow made that clear. Three hours into our hunt through the frigid New Hampshire woods, Ryan Calsbeek, a rangy 51-year-old biology professor at Dart...

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An Expander in Every Child’s Palate

Every night before bedtime, my daughter tilts back her head so that a pair of metal plates inside her mouth can be cranked apart another quarter of a millimeter. We turn a jackscrew with a wire tip...

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5 Books That Will Make You Believe in Magic Again

Craving some mysticism in your mundane life? Here are five books—including both fiction and nonfiction—for when you want to believe in magic again. 1. Healing Ceremonies: Creating Person...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Year, Same Health Fight

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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Drugmakers Raise Prices on 350 Medications Amid Pressure to Cut Costs

U.S. drug manufacturers are expected to raise prices on at least 350 prescription medications. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A new report states that U.S. drugmakers will increase prices on...

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What Having a Fake Disease Taught Me About Health Care

Every few weeks I turn up in a hospital gown at a medical exam room in Massachusetts and describe a set of symptoms that I don’t really have. Students listen to my complaints of stomach pain, a bad...

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Solving the Home Care Quandary

You’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your ...

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