When The Election Ends, Congress Must Solve Healthcare’s Harsh Math

Addressing America’s $5.7 trillion healthcare spending crisis takes more than candidates promising relief. It requires congressional action through two promising paths.

‘Maxxing’ Is Dictionary.com’s 2026 Word Of The Year. Here’s Why

“Maxxing” is Dicitionary.com’s 2026 Word of the Year because there have been so many different “maxxing” trends on social media like “looksmaxxing” and “fibermaxxing.”

UnitedHealthcare Is Rolling Out Its AI Agent To 21 Million Members

The company indicated significant success with its initial roll-out earlier this year, and is now looking to expand its agentic reach.

Anthropic’s S-1 Promises New Scientific Discoveries—And New Threats

The AI giant warns that while its tools can be used to find new treatments for disease, its safeguards are “incomplete” against bad actors who might use them to create biological weapons.

Should Health Care Coverage Tax Breaks Depend On Company Size?

North Carolina bars firms with less than 12 workers from level-funded health plans. Here’s how the tax code treats health care coverage & why the rule matters nationally.

Healthcare AI Agents Are Here—The Hugging Face Hack Shows Why They Need Guardrails

Agentic AI is live in healthcare, from prior auth to trial screening. A doctor explains how the Hugging Face hack shows why safety and regulation must come before scale.

Rising Healthcare Premiums Expose Deep Systemic Inefficiencies

Escalating costs of health insurance premiums since 2000 raise questions about the key driver, rising healthcare costs, as life expectancy hasn’t improved commensurately.

When Memory Concerns Begin: A Call To Action For Brain Health

Neurologists explain how primary care, virtual care and specialists can turn concern into a care plan when memory changes appear without a clear diagnosis.

A Death In France Puts Shamonda Virus Under Study, But Public Risk Is Low

Shamonda virus has been linked to a death in France, its first known human infection. Why disease experts see low public risk and what would change that.

A Death In France Puts Shamonda Virus Under Scrutiny, But Public Risk Is Low

Shamonda virus has been linked to a death in France, its first known human infection. Why disease experts see low public risk and what would change that.