Taking care of your heart can feel like a tomorrow problem. After all, strain on the organ often piles up stealthily, plaque building in your arteries or blood pressure ticking upward for years without noticeable symptoms—that is, until a serious issue strikes, and you wish you intervened yesterday. It’s the reason cardiologists suggest auditing your
A new study finds that smoking is doubling the number of young adults at high risk of severe COVID-19.Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) examined 8,405 respondents to the National Health Interview Survey aged 18 to 25 for the severe COVID-19 risk factors identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Published: November 06, 2026, 10:41 pm Last updated: November 07, 2026, 12:20 am A California pumpkin patch and petting zoo associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections reopened Nov. 6 with the owners saying environmental tests for the pathogen had come back negative. The San Luis Obispo county health department has not posted
Healthcare affordability. Abortion access. “Medicare for All.” Healthcare was a major force behind the big wins for Democrats in this week’s midterm elections. But the debate over what the Democratic Party will do next is just getting started. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMU’s Health Hub on Nov. 4 to