Health

The rise of Big Toothbrush: how did our mouths become such a lucrative market?

People in the UK are more interested in oral health than ever - and you can now buy prebiotic toothpastes and brushes that cost up to £600. Yet we remain in the midst of a serious dental crisis

Fat Bear Week 2026 is here: Meet Chunk, Bucky and other contenders

September 21, 2026 / 9:02 PM EDT / CBS News

Healthcare in Africa ‘under growing strain’ after US withdrawal from aid programs, report warns

Accra Reset’s report states countries in the region and global south should take greater control of their health development after USAID debacle

Eli Lilly CEO offers investors 3 more reasons to stick with the stock

Encouraging updates from Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks strengthen the bull case for the stock.

California braces for record El Niño storms as governor declares emergency

Super El-Niño has already broken temperature records and is predicted to bring an extremely wet winter to the state

Is it true that... cycling affects fertility?

Saddling up is only likely to be an issue for elite athletes – and those with low sperm counts

Shonda Rhimes says she was a micromanager and 'pain in the butt' early in her career—how she broke those habits

"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes says she used to be a micromanager and a high performer who could be "a pain in the butt" to work with.

Eli Lilly CEO says 700,000 new seniors have started GLP-1s after Medicare coverage, and 70% are on Lilly drugs

They're the latest metrics on how much the new Medicare coverage is expanding access to GLP-1 medicines since it launched in July.

Police investigating murders of 9 women in South Africa neighborhood link 1 death to possible love triangle

September 21, 2026 / 12:16 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

Get tested and talk to your partner: how to have safer sex after age 50

At 51, I want many more years of a healthy, happy sex life. So I decided to compile my own guide

John Oliver on UnitedHealth Group: ‘Algorithmically driven, ruthless arbiters of who lives and who dies’

Ahead of Luigi Mangione’s sentencing, the Last Week Tonight host looked into the corporate healthcare behemoth that is UnitedHealth Group

JB Pritzker reveals GLP-1 use and 80-pound weight loss, pressed on possible presidential run

Updated on: September 21, 2026 / 12:33 PM EDT / CBS News