Health

By John Blake, CNN They never ran out of things to talk about. It was obvious from the start. He was a brawny former Maine lobsterman with a booming…

With summer in full swing and excessive heat waves rolling through parts of the country, taking a dip in water can be a refreshing way to cool…

Jessica Lauser lost much of her eyesight shortly after she was born. She was teased in school until she found chess. Here’s her advice to those…

By Matt Villano, CNN Jessica Lauser is relentless on the chess board. She plays quickly, applying constant pressure on her opponents. She attacks…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As President Joe Biden celebrated America’s 300 million vaccine dose milestone Friday, experts warned that the spread of…

By David G. Allan, CNN Welcome to the start of summer! Now slow down. You don’t want to miss anything by hurrying past it. And there is no need…

By David G. Allan, CNN In September 2019, just ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic — so roughly before-anyone-can-remember ago —…

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Coronavirus variants are what keep Dr. Scott Lindquist, an epidemiologist for Washington state, up at night. “I have…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Dr. Michael Saag normally cares for Covid-19 patients, but early in the pandemic, he became a patient. Now, he has joined the…

By Madeline Holcombe and Jay Croft, CNN The Delta variant of Covid-19 is expected to become the dominant strain in this country, and it’s…

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta highlights Lakiea Bailey, a scientist with sickle cell disease who is working to find a…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Older adults who have significant difficulty falling asleep and who experience frequent night awakenings are at high risk for…

Amy Chillag, CNN Lakiea Bailey has tried to hide the pain and breathlessness she feels from her disease for most of her life. As a child, she missed…

By Maggie Fox, CNN The teenaged boys all looked like they were having heart attacks. They complained of chest pain and general discomfort, and tests…

By Travis Caldwell, CNN The country continued this week on a path to reopening from the Covid-19 pandemic, with major population centers such as New…

By Megan Marples, CNN After over a year of staying at home and following strict safety guidelines, many people are understandably reluctant to step…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN As newly reported Covid-19 cases in the United States drop to some of the lowest levels of the pandemic, the link between…

By Aya Elamroussi, Steve Almasy and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN A coronavirus variant first identified in India is “like Covid on steroids,”…

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN As pediatricians vaccinate newly eligible children and teens against Covid-19, some of them say they are giving just as…

By Maggie Fox, CNN Pen Farthing was on a flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Houston when the news broke: The US Centers for Disease Control and…

By Dana Santas, CNN Breath is a powerful force — without it, there is no life. But what you might not realize is that the quality of your breathing…

By Elissa Strauss, CNN The pressure to stand out plagues us all. Even if we don’t really want that job, that body, that car, that trip or that…

By Maggie Fox, CNN Researchers have found more evidence that coronavirus was circulating at low levels across the United States as early as December…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The “No PFAS in Cosmetics Act” will be introduced in the US House and Senate on Tuesday following the release of a…

Children who eat more ultra-processed food are more likely to be overweight or obese as adults, a new 17-year study of more than 9,000 British…

By Elissa Strauss, CNN The Mommy Wars — the alleged battle between working moms and stay-at-home moms — rests on a number of fictions.…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A third dose of coronavirus vaccine could help boost antibody levels among some organ transplant recipients who have not…

By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday it will suspend the import of dogs from more than 100 countries…

By John Duffy, CNN Mom said they were splitting up because Dad drank too much. Dad said Mom was having an emotional affair and was spending too much…

The efforts to slow the spread of Covid-19 lowered the threat of flu season last year, but experts warn that the upcoming flu season will be severe,…

By Lisa Selin Davis, CNN The attacks on kids who identify as transgender keep coming. Arkansas in early April became the first state to ban…

By Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan, CNN The Delta variant is on its way to becoming the dominant strain of coronavirus in the US, raising concerns…