Healthcare Costs Rise, Regenerative Food Grows, Lilly Cracks Down

August 14, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes.

Today's top stories:

• JG Wentworth survey finds 92% of US adults have delayed or abandoned medical care due to cost, creating an opening for lower-cost consumer health models

• Regenerative farming products hit $2B in annual US retail sales as 40 global food companies sign onto an initiative tying sourcing to soil health

• Eli Lilly files six lawsuits against sellers of unapproved retatrutide as CBP intercepts nearly 90,000 illicit GLP-1 vials in July alone

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