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A federal court ruling on June 24, 2026, forced the U.S. Department of Education to temporarily broaden its definition of programs eligible for professional-degree treatment under federal student-loan rules. An updated interim list released June 29 expanded eligibility, followed by another revision on July 10. Professional-degree status now covers 29 CIP-coded programs instead of the … Read more
British actor Lucy Davis, best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the original UK version of The Office, has revealed that she is living with incurable stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to her bones. Davis, 53, said on August 11, 2026, that she was diagnosed about 18 months ago and that the cancer … Read more
President Donald Trump signed a Vaccine Executive Order on August 10, 2026, directing the federal government to recognize a narrower set of routine childhood vaccine recommendations and calling for the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to eventually be separated into three individual shots. The order does not immediately rewrite every vaccination requirement in the … Read more
The July 2026 jobs report gives us the latest look at where the US labor market is heading, and this time the headline number moved into negative territory. We have been following these reports month by month because one release rarely tells the whole story. In our May 2026 jobs report, the first estimate showed … Read more
Buying a typical home in the United States now requires an annual household income of $109,796, according to new housing affordability data for June 2026. That figure sits only slightly below the record of $110,382 reached a year earlier. The bigger problem is what American households actually earn. The estimated typical household income is $87,599, … Read more
At least five people working in or closely with US Cyber Command died by suicide between early June and early July, an unusually concentrated series of deaths inside one of the most secretive parts of the US military. The military is now trying to understand why. Bloomberg reported that the deaths occurred within roughly a … Read more
New York has legalized medical aid in dying, giving terminally ill adults the right to request medication they can take to end their lives. The law took effect on August 5 after a political fight that lasted more than a decade. New York now joins 13 other states and Washington, D.C., in allowing medical aid … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first seasonal flu vaccine made with mRNA technology, giving Americans age 50 and older a new option before the 2026–27 flu season. The vaccine, called mFlusiva, is made by Moderna. It uses the same basic technology behind the company COVID-19 vaccines, though it targets influenza strains selected … Read more
Brewed tea seems like a healthy choice. It comes in familiar fruit flavors and rarely gets the bad press that soda does. However, high amounts of sugar completely change the picture. Once sweet tea is packed with added sugar, it loses its health benefits and becomes just as sweet and high in calories as a … Read more
On July 15, 2026, University of Houston launched UH Health, a cross-disciplinary initiative connecting health education, research, clinical care, and community outreach. Nearly 50% of UH research relates to health, yet many projects have operated within separate colleges, departments, and programs. UH Health creates a coordinated system focused on clinical, behavioral, and social factors that … Read more