Why More Young Americans Are Dying From Severe Heart Attacks
WSJ What’s News
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:32.5 | The U.S. scrambles fighter jets to Israel, ramping up the pressure on Iran ahead of the latest nuclear talks. |
| 0:39.3 | Plus, an increasing number of American adults under 55 are dying of heart attacks. |
| 0:45.3 | The study paints a picture of a youngish, but really unhealthy population. |
| 0:50.3 | So if you're 35 in having a heart attack, aside from the rarest of genetic disorders, it's |
| 0:55.8 | usually because your health is quite poor. |
| 0:58.4 | And the Justice Department reviews whether it improperly withheld some Epstein files, including |
| 1:03.5 | FBI notes detailing a woman's allegations against President Trump. |
| 1:07.8 | It's Thursday, February 26th. |
| 1:10.1 | I'm Daniel Bach for the Wall Street Journal, |
| 1:11.9 | filling in for Luke Vargas. And here's the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and |
| 1:16.7 | business stories moving your world today. |
| 1:24.8 | The U.S. has deployed combat jets to Israel for a potential wartime mission ahead of today's |
| 1:30.7 | high-stakes talks with Iran. Videos posted to social media show F-22 fighters arriving in Israel, |
| 1:37.6 | although the Trump administration hasn't officially announced the deployment. The move would |
| 1:42.4 | allow the U.S. to defend Israeli territory and American |
| 1:45.4 | forces should President Trump proceed with threatened strikes. Secretary of State Marco Rubio |
| 1:51.1 | suggested that no breakthrough was expected in today's talks and that the focus will be on Iran's |
| 1:56.7 | nuclear program. Iran poses a very great threat to the United States and has for a very long time. |
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