Month: July 2026

Small businesses added an estimated 32,900 new jobs in June — led by the Health Care and Social Assistance sector — marking the fifth consecutive month of positive net hiring across all sectors, according to the June 2026 Small Business Jobs Report from Gusto, a leading payroll, HR, and benefits platform. The Health Care and Social ...

For 16 years, Larry Gruber, a fitness coach from Wilton Manors, Florida, received a coupon card to help him pay for a psoriatic arthritis medication he needs that costs more than $7,700 a month. Each year, Amgen, which makes the drug, called Enbrel, sent the coupon card worth thousands of dollars, and that counted toward Gruber’s ...

Some hospitals are struggling financially, and some are holding their own, but even stronger health systems need to be looking toward the future. Hospitals are expected to face continuing cost increases in labor and supplies, and Medicaid cuts unfolding over the next several years are going to create more pressures. Joe Kight, head of healthcare ...

New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. There were about 689 deaths for every 100,000 people in the US in 2025, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...

Doctors and researchers have long known that exercise is good for your health. For years, federal health agencies and medical associations told Americans to aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise each week, and that physical activity as short as 10 minutes at a time counts toward that ...