Simone Biles recently underwent an undisclosed procedure weeks after revealing she nearly died.

Last month, the Olympic gold medal gymnast, 29, revealed a health issue, calling it the “scariest experience of my life.” Sharing a photo on her Instagram Story of multiple hospital bracelets on her wrist, she wrote, “I’ve been in bed resting this week, I’ll explain sooner or later.”

While Biles still has yet to share what landed her in the hospital, she has since publicly alluded to the incident, telling one Instagram fan in late June that she was “not ready to talk about it just yet.”

In a new health update shared Thursday on her Instagram Story, the athlete posted a black-and-white selfie from a hospital room.

Wearing a shower cap on her head, Biles sat smiling with her husband, Indianapolis Colts safety Jonathan Owens, 31, in the background.

“His birthday but he takes me to get my procedure,” she wrote next to a string of white hearts and a face holding back tears emoji. “I woke up singing bosman dlow, ‘Talk My S***.”

Biles did not share any details about the procedure, nor whether it was connected to her recent health scare.

The Independent has contacted Biles’s representative for comment.

Weeks after her medical emergency, Biles shared photos from her vacation in Belize.

“Relaxing in paradise,” she captioned a series of poolside snaps. She faced criticism for the post, with one person sarcastically commenting, “Almost died but look at these traveling selfies…,” alongside three laughing emojis.

“Ugh these comments make me sad,” Biles directly replied to the message, “A little over two weeks ago, I experienced a serious medical emergency that could have ended very differently, and this trip has been part of allowing myself to heal & appreciate being here.

“I hope you understand that life changing experiences can shift your perspective,” she said, adding that she hoped it allowed the commenter “to extend a little more grace to others moving forward.”

Biles has won a total of seven Olympic gold medals throughout her career. She earned her first four during her Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2020, she competed in some events at the Tokyo Games before withdrawing from the final five events to focus on her mental health. She later made her triumphant return at the 2024 Paris Games, winning three more gold medals. She has not yet announced her plans for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

Toy Story 5 is lighting up more than just movie theater screens across America.

The fifth installment of the beloved franchise hit theaters last month and has raked in an impressive $957 million, likely on its way to becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise.

But its impact is felt beyond the screen thanks to Disney’s long-standing partnership with Starlight Children’s Foundation.

As part of the partnership, the company has converted hospital spaces into immersive screening events for patients and their families. The film became available to patients in more than 400 children’s hospitals globally, including more than 300 across the U.S.

Disney says it distributed more than 18,000 Toy Story 5-themed toys and 34,000 character-inspired hospital gowns to children and families.

At the Los Angeles premiere for the film, cast members and guests stopped on the red carpet to write messages of encouragement for children in hospitals.

The heartfelt messages were shown at hospitals in Washington, D.C., Oakland and Orlando, where children were surprised with visits from Woody and Jessie. They also participated in drawing sessions led by Pixar animators and received Toy Story-themed gift packages.

In the latest installment of Pixar’s long-running franchise, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie find themselves competing with a new kind of rival: a frog-shaped tablet called Lilypad, voiced by Greta Lee. The film follows the toys as they struggle to remain relevant after Bonnie becomes captivated by the device, with Pixar describing the story as “Toy meets Tech.”

In the film, Tom Hanks returns as Woody, Tim Allen as the space ranger Buzz Lightyear, and Joan Cusack as the yodeling cowgirl Jessie.

Allen, Cusack, Lee, Tony Hale and Conan O’Brien were among some of the celebrities who sent heartfelt messages to the children as part of the partnership with Starlight Children’s Foundation.

“This is amazing! Disney is sending Toy Story to all these fantastic kids in hospitals around the nation,” Hale told The Hollywood Reporter.

Lisa Haines, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility at Disney, said that the film’s cast and crew carried the film’s spirit “onto the red carpet by writing personal messages for children in hospitals before the world even saw the film.”

Haines continued: “Whether it’s a beloved character by a child’s side or a note from the voice of Buzz Lightyear, those simple gestures are incredibly powerful and can create moments of comfort and joy for kids when they’re needed most.”

The film itself was praised for exploring children’s growing dependence on screens, and The Independent’s Charlotte Cripps wrote that the film had such an impact on her kids that one of her daughters gave up using the iPad.

Your body’s cells are aging right now, making you more susceptible to disease and injury that can shorten your lifespan. But what if science could reverse that decline?

Researchers say they’ve found a way to stop the buildup of compounds that make us vulnerable to harmful inflammation. The key is an enzyme.

The enzyme – a protein that helps speed up chemical reactions in the body – works to clear advanced glycation end products, or AGEs, from human tissue.

AGEs are compounds that build up in tissue and are hallmarks of aging. Cleansing AGEs can repair tissue and has the potential to help cells act younger.

“It’s a small step in this bigger direction, because aging is very complicated,” Aaron Cravens, a founder and chief executive of San Francisco biotech company Revel Pharmaceuticals, which developed the new enzyme, told The New York Times earlier this month.

“It’s the first time, I think, that anyone in the field has shown at the structural level that you can actually reverse some of these changes,” Cravens, the lead author of the study announcing the findings, said.

To find the enzyme, the team used artificial intelligence, analyzing DNA in more than 50,000 microbes to pick candidates that could clear AGEs from human tissue.

The enzyme, known as CMLase, was then tested on donated human skin and arterial tissue.

That’s how the scientists found it was able to reduce levels of AGEs for 75-year-old human skin back to that of a 31-year-old.

“What we’ve shown is that [AGE] damage in human tissue can, in fact, be reversed under laboratory conditions,” Cravens explained in a statement.

“More work is needed, but these results alter the starting assumption for how we think about this fundamental aspect of the aging process,” he said.

Future tests are expected to be conducted to help treat inflammatory eye disease, including several related to diabetes, Cravens told The Times.

The findings build on previous research, including some recent research on tissue regeneration.

Improving the quality of aging – which occurs from the time we are conceived but happens at different rates for different people – could not only lead to longer lives, but reduced medical expenditures, the American Association of Retired Persons says.

Researchers say drugs that may be able to do that are already on the market.

Popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs taken by millions of Americans may be reprogramming cells to boost immune health and reduce inflammation, slowing the body’s decline at a cellular level, a June study from the University of California at San Diego showed.

But lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise, or getting enough vitamin B12, are also incredibly important in preventing inflammation and other risk factors.