--- description: Semuels is a senior correspondent at TIME covering the consumer side of healthcare. She previously wrote about economics and business news. She is a four-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, and she has won awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers and the Los Angeles Press Club. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Alana Semuels  ## Alana Semuels Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Semuels is a senior correspondent at TIME covering the consumer side of healthcare. She previously wrote about economics and business news. She is a four-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, and she has won awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers and the Los Angeles Press Club.  ## Alana Semuels Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  ### Health Matters Weekdays Stay up-to-date on the latest health news, and get expert advice on living well. Sign up *  Jul 23, 2026 ### [An FDA Committee Just Voted in Favor of Peptides—Despite the Agency's Opposition](https://time.com/article/2026/07/23/fda-committee-peptides/) The group met on July 23 and 24 to vote on whether compounding pharmacies could legally dispense cer... [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Jul 1, 2026 ### [Nearly 450,000 New Yorkers Are Losing Health Coverage July 1](https://time.com/article/2026/07/01/new-yorkers-lose-health-coverage-trump-cuts-health-care/) Thousands of low-income New Yorkers are among the first to feel the impacts of the "Big Beautiful Bi... 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