Health

Local Seasonal Produce for Navratri Fasting

October 4, 2026

Navratri fasting aligns with the autumn harvest. October in India brings fresh pumpkin, sweet potato, spinach, and leafy greens. Indigenous practices of fasting during Navratri developed alongside these seasonal foods because the

Health·USA

Medicare Advantage 2027 changes bring a 16.5% premium drop but plan choices still vary by county

October 3, 2026

Sunita Somvanshi

If your Medicare Advantage plan sent you an Annual Notice of Change letter in early October, now is the time to read it carefully. Annual Enrollment Period opens October 15 and closes

Health·Policy·USA

Health care policy meeting used for Affordable Care Act refund coverage

$500 ACA Refund Checks Now Going Out—Here’s Who Qualifies and When to Cash Them

October 3, 2026

Tejal Somvanshi

More than 950,000 Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans are receiving $500 payments from the U.S. Treasury. Payments began going out on September 30 and are being delivered as paper

Health·News·UK

Older adult performing a simple strength exercise at home

Ferguson: ‘I Wish I Could Say I Was Comfortable. I Wasn’t’ — The Brain Haemorrhage Recovery Details He Hadn’t Previously Spoken About

October 3, 2026

Tejal Somvanshi

Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken about the fear he felt when he returned to Old Trafford in September 2018, four months after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. In a BBC interview,

Glass of raw goat milk representing unpasteurized dairy products

Health

Raw milk warning: Two children, one farm and a regulatory gap

A California toddler and a second young child developed serious E. coli infections after consuming raw goat milk associated with an unlicensed farm, and a ProPublica investigation published September 30 documents how

Tejal Somvanshi

October 3, 2026

Amanda Peet photographed at the Toronto International Film Festival

Health

Amanda Peet breast cancer symptom: The sign she called “weird”

Amanda Peet was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer after noticing a skin change she described as “weird” — not a lump, not pain, just an unusual sensation. The symptom she paid

Tejal Somvanshi

October 3, 2026

Dry cat food pieces arranged in a container for a pet food safety story

Health

Cat food safety alert: Heavy metals found across 62 brands

If you feed your cat commercial wet or dry food, a new investigation released October 2 found detectable levels of heavy metals in the vast majority of products tested — including lead,

Tejal Somvanshi

October 3, 2026

Vitruvias Thyroid Tablets USP 30 mg product label associated with recalled lot 504950

Health·UK

Free Flu Jab at 65, Free Covid Booster at 75: England’s Autumn 2026 Vaccine Rules Have a 10-Year Gap Worth Knowing

The main adult NHS autumn flu programme and the autumn Covid-19 booster campaign opened on 1 October 2026 in England, and millions of people are now eligible for free flu and Covid-19

Tejal Somvanshi

October 3, 2026

Dame Esther Rantzen at a public event, representing the Childline founder and broadcaster in obituary coverage.

Health·UK

Dame Esther Rantzen Dies at 86: 700,000 Children’s Counselling Sessions a Year — and the Assisted Dying Law She Fought to Change

Dame Esther Rantzen, one of the most recognisable figures in British broadcasting for more than five decades, died on September 30, 2026. She was 86. Rantzen spent her final years as one

Tejal Somvanshi

October 3, 2026

Health·India·Lifestyle·Sustainability

Sustainable Fasting Foods for Navratri

Navratri fasting is an ancient practice tied to honoring Goddess Durga and cultivating spiritual discipline. For nine days, many Hindus follow specific dietary restrictions, avoiding grains and legumes while consuming simple, sattvic

Karmactive Staff

October 2, 2026

Woman riding an electric bicycle on a city street

Australia·Health·Policy

Margaret Throsby, 84, Injured in NSW E-Bike Collision as Power-Limit Rules Tighten

If you walk or jog on shared paths in NSW, the injuries suffered by former ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby show how quickly an encounter with an overpowered electric bike can go wrong.

Govind Tekale

September 30, 2026

Exterior of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway

Health·Science

The Bill Gates Seed-Vault Claim Is Circulating Again — Svalbard’s Own Published Records Show Who Actually Runs It

Why Seedless Fruit Exists — And What the Bill Gates Seed-Bank Claim Gets Wrong A viral Instagram reel claims that seedless fruit is part of a deliberate plan to control the food

Khushi Shaha

September 28, 2026

Paper mill in Karur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Environment·Health·India

Makhiyali Village’s Five-Mill Pollution Case Reaches a December 9 Hearing After E-Waste Allegations Widened the NGT Scope

Makhiyali Paper Mill Waste Case Reaches NGT as Mixed-Waste Disposal Allegations Surface Residents of Makhiyali village in Muzaffarnagar district have raised pollution complaints about nearby industrial operations for years. On September 21,

Govind Tekale

September 28, 2026

Andy Burnham meeting government officials in Manchester.

Health·Policy·UK

Andy Burnham Proposes Free Social Care for England — Who Pays Is Still Not Decided

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has set out a proposal for a universal social care service in England that would be free at the point of use — an arrangement modelled on the

Sunita Somvanshi

September 28, 2026

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