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Heath Update October 2, 2026·9 min read

Mike Flanagan’s Timely Carrie Is the First Worthwhile Adaptation in 50 Years

TIME – Read More Summer H. Howell as Carrie in the new Prime Video series —Robert Falconer/Prime Everyone knows what happens in Carrie. Fifty-two years after…

Heath Update October 2, 2026·10 min read

The True Story Behind Netflix’s The Widower and the Many Wives of Thomas Randolph

TIME – Read More Francis and Thomas Randolph in The Widower —Courtesy of Netflix On the night of May 8, 2008, Thomas Randolph called Las Vegas…

Heath Update October 2, 2026·5 min read

The System That Failed Cornell’s Jane Doe

TIME – Read More The campus of Cornell University on September 30, 2026, in Ithaca, New York. —Spencer Platt—Getty Images On Sept. 16, a student at…

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Heath Update October 2, 2026·4 min read

Are More Seniors Getting Addicted to Cannabis?

Latest Stories – Pain News Network – Read More By Pat Anson Older Americans increasingly identify as cannabis consumers, with nearly 9% of adults over age…

Heath Update October 2, 2026·8 min read

What Is the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket,’ and How Has Trump Used It to Advance His Agenda?

TIME – Read More President Donald Trump rides in his motorcade as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2026. —Kent…

Heath Update October 2, 2026·6 min read

What the Flydubai Incident Reveals About When a Pilot Becomes the Threat

TIME – Read More People sit in the cockpit of a Flydubai 737 Max on display at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow on Nov.…

Heath Update October 2, 2026·10 min read

Tennessee Reviews Lethal Injection Process After Botched Execution

TIME – Read More Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 30, 2026. —George Walker…

Heath Update October 2, 2026·6 min read

You Say “AI,” I Hear “Organoid”

The Health Care Blog – Read More By KIM BELLARD I must admit, ever since I learned about, and wrote about (OI May Be the New…

Heath Update October 2, 2026·3 min read

What Martin Luther King Jr.’s Granddaughter’s First Vote Is Up Against

TIME – Read More Yolanda Renee King, Martin Luther King III, and Arndrea Waters King on January 15, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. —Perry Knotts—Getty Images This…

Med News October 1, 2026·1 min read

Senate panel advances Trump surgeon general nominee

Healthcare News – Read More President Trump’s nominee for U.S. surgeon general advanced through a key Senate committee on Wednesday, setting up a glide path to…

Med News October 1, 2026·1 min read

White House begins mailing $500 ObamaCare ‘refund’ checks

Healthcare News – Read More The White House began mailing $500 refund checks Wednesday to just about 1 million Americans who the administration says were overcharged…

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