In summer 2025, the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 sublineage became dominant with more resistant variants, such as XFG, LP.8.1, and NB.1.8.1. COVID-19 mRNA boosters were therefore updated for the 2025–2026 season ...

Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government issued a circular directing all state-run schools to allot 10 minutes during the morning assembly to read out main items from “physical newspapers”. The circular ...

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Bridgerton Season 4 Part 1. Bridgerton Season 4 showrunner Jess Brownell has shifted the lens on love and life in Part 1 of the new season, starring ...

Debates over what constitutes the American literary canon—and whether Bible excerpts should be a part of it—erupted on Wednesday during a tense Texas State Board of Education discussion over a ...

Sen. Judy Schwank’s participation in the Jan. 12 rally in Reading sickened me. It’s not that I don’t have sympathy for the poor woman who was killed, but had she been peacefully protesting and not ...

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Susan E. Reading, 75, of Manheim, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Oak Leaf Manor North, Landisville. Born in Bernville, she was the daughter of the late David and Dorothy I. Heilinger ...

Medicare Part B covers outpatient and diagnostic services. Costs for Part B are up in 2026 compared to last year. There's a way to get help with some of the expenses you might incur. Once you turn 65, ...

A 100% service-connected disabled veteran receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs said he pays nothing for his medical care, dental, vision or prescriptions. So when he got his ...

Medicare Part B covers outpatient care. The cost of Part B is increasing substantially in 2026. For seniors on Social Security, that increase will eat into their upcoming cost-of-living adjustment.

Medicare officials have announced an increase of almost 10% to premiums for 2026, when the monthly cost will exceed $200. The cost refers to the Medicare Part B premium, deductible and coinsurance ...

If you’re enrolled in Medicare, you know that the cost has been hitting your wallet harder lately. But the program’s rapidly rising premiums and out-of-pocket charges came into sharp relief last week ...