Rabid Baby Goats at North Carolina Mobile Petting Zoo Put Visitors at Risk Across Multiple Counties
A Skunk, Four Baby Goats, and a Public Health Alert A skunk that entered an enclosed pen in late July is believed to be the source of a rabies outbreak that has now triggered a multi-county public health emergency in North Carolina. The infected goats…
The Viral “Lymphatic Walking” Trend Is Real Exercise With Inflated Claims
A Familiar Activity Gets a Wellness Rebrand Walking is having a wellness makeover on social media. The latest iteration, dubbed “lymphatic walking,” involves swinging your arms more, maintaining an upright posture, and taking deeper breaths while you walk. Videos promoting the practice have flooded TikTok…
A Newborn’s Death and a Measles Outbreak Ignite a National Political Firestorm
A Baby, a Ruptured Spleen, and a Fiercely Contested Label The dispute erupted on Tuesday, August 26, minutes after a heated phone call between Kennedy and Shapiro, when Pennsylvania health officials announced the state’s first measles deaths in 35 years — two unvaccinated residents of…
Your COVID Toolkit Is Better Than Ever — Here’s What Actually Works Right Now
A Familiar Surge, But a Fuller Arsenal Health surveillance systems reported increases or likely increases in infections in 47 states in late August 2026 , and if it feels like déjà vu, that’s because it is — but with a critical difference. This time around,…
Congo Launches Emergency Ebola Vaccinations as Historic Outbreak Spirals Out of Control
A Race Against the Deadliest Ebola Surge Ever Recorded The Democratic Republic of Congo is now fighting what experts describe as the most explosive Ebola outbreak in recorded history — and on August 27, the country launched an emergency vaccination campaign in a desperate bid…
America’s Top Health Official Is Spreading Vaccine Lies While Measles Kills in Pennsylvania
Two Dead, Hundreds Sick — and the Health Secretary Is Picking a Fight Over Debunked Claims Two unvaccinated people have died of measles in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, state health officials confirmed on August 25. They are the first measles-related deaths in the United States this…
Heart Disease Is Starting in Your 20s, and Most Young Adults Don’t Know It
A Wake-Up Call Hidden in Plain Sight Most people in their 20s aren’t thinking about heart disease. They’re young, they feel fine, and cardiovascular trouble seems like a problem for later in life. But a striking new study published on August 20, 2026, in Circulation:…
Decades-Old Compound Burns Fat in Obese Mice Without Cutting Their Appetite
A Different Kind of Weight-Loss Science Most weight-loss drugs work largely by reducing appetite and food intake. But an experimental compound appears to work differently: in mice, it helps the body use more of the energy it takes in — and that approach could offer…
A 1959 Nuclear Meltdown Is Still Making Nearby Californians Sick, New Study Finds
A Legacy of Contamination Hiding in Plain Sight The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in Ventura County, California, is one of the most contaminated sites in the state. During its nearly 60 years of operation, the nuclear reactor and rocket testing site experienced several accidents…
High-Dose Vitamin D Linked to Sharper Brain Scores in Early Dementia Patients
A new study suggests that a common daily vitamin may help slow cognitive decline in people with early dementia, showing a 13% improvement in cognitive function among participants. The findings offer a rare glimmer of hope for families affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia at a time when many experimental drug treatments have produced disappointing or mixed results.
