Health

By Holly Yan, CNN As troubling new variants emerge, doctors say the chances of controlling or ending the Covid-19 pandemic in the US will largely…

By Alanne Orjoux and Holly Yan, CNN Defeating this pandemic and the highly contagious Delta variant isn’t just about protecting yourself…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US has surpassed 20,000 new Covid-19 cases for the fourth day in a row as the highly contagious Delta variant persists in…

By Jessica DuLong, CNN Jessamyn Stanley’s new book, “Yoke,” begins with a spiritual awakening prompted by a typo. A late-night…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN All eyes are on the Delta variant that is now dominant in the United States as new Covid-19 cases rise week-to-week and the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Even though the biopharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced that it might be time to consider giving a third dose of its…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at meningitis outbreaks in the United States. General Information Meningitis is caused by the inflammation…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Vaccine makers are preparing for a next possible phase of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout: booster doses. The…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN US Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock on Friday requested an investigation by the US…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN There is nothing quite like an alfresco workout, with its fresh air and changing scenery. But when temperatures…

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its Covid-19 schools guidance to emphasize in-person…

By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN The most populous county in the US is seeing “exponential growth” of Covid-19 cases as the Delta…

By Maggie Fox, CNN Drugmaker Pfizer said Thursday it is seeing waning immunity from its coronavirus vaccine and says it is picking up its efforts to…

By Maggie Fox, CNN The Delta variant of coronavirus is now the dominant lineage in the US, parts of Europe and elsewhere. Also known as B.1.617.2, it…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has narrowed the group of Alzheimer’s disease patients who should receive the…

By Lauren Kent, CNN Flossing your teeth isn’t just important for keeping your dentist happy — it may also protect against cognitive…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 vaccines saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented more than a million hospitalizations in the United…

By Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN A new data analysis identifies clusters of unvaccinated people, most of them in the southern United…

By Jacqueline Howard and Keri Enriquez, CNN The spread of the Delta coronavirus variant in the United States has some experts questioning whether it…

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN US death rates from cancer continued to decline from 2014 to 2018, driven mostly by drops in deaths from lung cancer and…

By Katia Hetter, CNN The Delta variant, a more transmissible — and potentially more dangerous — strain of coronavirus, now makes up more…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Twenty-four states have seen an uptick of at least 10% in Covid-19 cases over the past week, Johns Hopkins University data…

By Maggie Fox, CNN Calling it a “dangerous and unethical experiment,” more than 4,000 scientists, doctors, nurses and other professionals…

By Maggie Fox, CNN The coronavirus pandemic almost certainly originated from an animal, probably at a wildlife market in China, and not from a…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder that leads to loss of memory and other intellectual…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at listeriosis, a serious infection generally caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium…

By Keith Allen and Holly Yan, CNN A Covid-19 outbreak stemming from a Texas church summer camp has grown to about 160 cases, including infections of…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US government is deploying a Covid-19 surge team to provide public health support in southwest Missouri, where the spread…

By Dana Santas, CNN In Part I of this series, I introduced you to the concept of breathing as a superpower, capable of impacting almost every aspect…

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Israeli government says its analysis has shown the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appears to be less effective…

By Maggie Fox and Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare spent billions more money on generic drugs for its beneficiaries than warehouse chain Costco did for the…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Elementary schoolchildren who took mindfulness training two times a week for two years slept an average of 74 extra minutes a…

By Casey Barber, CNN It’s hard to deny that tomatoes are the ideal summer food — and that’s saying a lot in a season where so much…

By Keith Allen, CNN More than 125 campers and adults who attended a summer camp run by a South Texas church have tested positive for coronavirus,…