Michelle Smith

2 weeks ago | financebuzz.com | Michelle Smith

As of January 2025, an estimated 73 million Americans received some form of benefitsfrom the Social Security Administration (SSA). And, while many of those benefitsincluded Social Security Income for those who qualified due to blindness,disability, or retirement, a portion of those benefits were paid out asSupplemental Security Income (SSI). SSI is an added financial benefit administered by the SSA. As the nameindicates, these funds are used to help supplement a monthly Social Security.

2 weeks ago | hepburnadvocate.com.au | Michelle Smith

Ballarat local and Vitrafy's product development manager, Wil Hoskins, on site in San Antonio, Texas, with representatives from the US Army Institute for Surgical Research. Picture suppliedTechnology that began its life in Ballarat as a new idea to help preserve food could soon be saving lives in combat on the battlefield, mass casualty events or supporting new treatments for cancer. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

2 weeks ago | hepburnadvocate.com.au | Michelle Smith

Nikita Hunter with daughter Isla, who is almost six and is the only child in Australia with the rare infantile Batten disease. Children with the disease usually only live to the age of five. Picture by Lachlan BenceIsla Hunter is like a newborn in a six-year-old's body, and she's living on borrowed time. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

3 weeks ago | financebuzz.com | Michelle Smith

Once you reach age 65, you become eligible for Medicare, the federal government's health insurance program primarily geared toward seniors and retirees. Whether you retire early or plan to work for several more years, have already turned 65, or are still a few birthdays away, it's worth thinking about which Medicare plan you'll sign up for when the time comes.

3 weeks ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Michelle Smith

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met him and praised him as an “extraordinary” healer. Dr. Ben Edwards appeared in the video posted March 31 by the anti-vaccine group Kennedy once led, Children’s Health Defense.