Heat Kills 500 New Yorkers a Year, City Report Finds
The Health Department's 2026 heat mortality report, released in mid-June, counts about 500 heat-related deaths annually — and most happen on days that never make headlines.
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Beauty as a business: acquisitions, funding rounds, retail distribution shifts, celebrity brand economics, and enforcement over unsupported claims.
ACIP's Vanishing Year: A Vaccine Panel in Disarray
A revised childhood schedule released without a vote, a February meeting cancelled over a missed Federal Register notice, and a reconstituted panel — the CDC's vaccine advisory process has had an unrepeatable 2026.
The First GLP-1 Pill for Weight Loss Is Here
The FDA approved Eli Lilly's orforglipron, sold as Foundayo, on April 1, 2026 — an oral alternative to injectable obesity medications that may reshape who can access treatment.
Medicare Telehealth: The Two-Year Extension, Explained
Signed on February 3, 2026, the new appropriations law keeps Medicare telehealth flexibilities in place through December 31, 2027 — the longest certainty the video visit has ever had.
New Yorkers Now Live Longer Than Almost Anyone in America
The city Health Department's vital statistics put life expectancy at a record 83.2 years — six years ahead of the city's own 2030 goal.
Measles in 2026: The Case Count Nears 1,000
Fewer than ten weeks into the year, the CDC's measles tally has climbed to 982 confirmed cases — a pace that puts the country on track to break records set only last year.