Health

By Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Gun violence, the climate crisis, political division and brain-hijacking technology make today’s society a…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Some of the public health websites that the US government was ordered to restore involving gender and gender…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released…

By Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The US is in the throes of an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization…

By Allison Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Want to have great sex? For world-renowned human sexuality professor Dr. William Yarber, now in his 41st year…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer promote mass vaccination, the state’s surgeon general, Dr.…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Imagine you have just been diagnosed with mild cognitive decline due to Alzheimer’s disease. Your doctor might…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Blood testing of large-animal veterinarians suggests that H5N1 bird flu has spread more widely than US…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in…

CNN By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — With millions sipping their morning coffee to start the day, recent research has generated new buzz about…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — With millions sipping their morning coffee to start the day, recent research has generated new buzz about caffeine…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Measles cases are popping up across the country, especially in areas with lower vaccination rates. There were…

By Andrea Kane, CNN Editor’s note: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — For years, people taking Ozempic or other drugs in the same class for diabetes and weight loss have noticed the…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A legal loophole is allowing children who access social media to see enticing advertisements for marijuana with…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The drug supply is constantly evolving, and some experts suggest that a “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Tri-Union Seafoods is recalling certain canned tuna products sold at Costco, H-E-B, Kroger, Trader Joe’s,…

By Shannon Carpenter, CNN (CNN) — My 11-year-old son knows how he will respond to a school shooting. His plan, which he told me recently after…

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia Department of Agriculture has lifted the suspension of poultry activities in Georgia, one of the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A plan for the US Food and Drug Administration to propose banning formaldehyde and certain…

By Tierney Sneed and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday paused cuts that the Trump administration had made to funding for…

By Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and for many people that means having the spotlight on your body’s…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Drinking alcohol if you have a large belly or diabetes more than doubles the risk of serious liver damage, while…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s…

By Sofía Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — When Elaine Spaulding met Arthur Aron in class at the University of California, Berkeley, in the late 1960s, she…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US National Institutes of Health is lowering the maximum “indirect cost rate” that research…

By Deidre McPhillips and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times more potent than morphine.…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the…

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in…

CNN By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — For 66-year-old Tim Andrews, it was a matter of life or death. Andrews had spent the better part of two years…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — One in six deaths from cardiovascular disease in the United States is due to stroke, and over 100 million people…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — You have probably already heard that February is the month to focus on heart health, which means eating…

By Jacqueline Howard and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — A public health advocacy group is raising concerns about a “DEI Watchlist” recently…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — It may have been monsters under the bed, robbers breaking into the house or ghosts lurking in the darkness…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The United States is seeing a second peak in flu cases this season. After doctor’s office visits for flu…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Your parents may be right: Get some sleep and you’ll feel better in the morning, according to new research.…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Several social justice groups said Tuesday that they are suing the Trump administration over its new…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — You might not think twice about spending extended time on your phone around your children, but a new study…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic…

CNN, CLEVELAND CLINIC, GETTY IMAGES By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024…

By Elissa Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Dana Reeve was devoted to caring for her husband, Christopher Reeve, as noted in the new documentary…

By Soph Warnes and Rosa de Acosta, CNN (CNN) — While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health…

By Channon Hodge, CNN (CNN) — I understand the benefits of making New Year’s resolutions. I’ve seen the brain science on how to make them…

By Jen Christensen, Nick Valencia, Jacqueline Howard, Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Several US government health websites…

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — I confess that like a lot of people, I am guilty of not getting in my steps. After hours at my desk, the…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration signed off Thursday on the first new type of pain reliever to be approved in…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — This Super Bowl Sunday, keep an eye out for bad calls, fouls and dangerous sodium levels. Foods advertised in…