Health

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will examine the potential harm to women of heavy…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Children who used the weight loss drug liraglutide in a late-stage trial lost significantly more weight than…

By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — College students are carrying a lot of baggage with them as they head off to campus this fall — and not just the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The United States is facing an ongoing maternity health crisis in which 1 in every 3 counties does not have a…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Exercise doesn’t just help you lose fat. It could also promote healthier fat, according to a new study.…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Apple juice sold at chain retailers across the country has been recalled over concerns about arsenic…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — It is possible to drink too much caffeine, as actor Dakota Johnson recently found out after she had lots of…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The pandemic’s effects on teenagers were profound — numerous studies have documented reports of issues with…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There are chemicals in cookware, food, water, clothes and furniture that could cause problems for people’s…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer…

By Carma Hassan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced a final rule on Monday meant to expand access and lower…

By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Guns continue to be the leading cause of death for US children and teens since surpassing car accidents in 2020.…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Sixty-five people in nine states have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs, the US…

By Amy O’Kruk and Rachel Wilson, CNN (CNN) — As the demand for mental health care grows across the United States, so will an expected demand…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When she goes to the grocery store, Lilianna Wilde will sometimes go for the shopping cart from which everyone…

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A person in Missouri is the United States’ first case of H5 avian influenza without a known exposure to a sick…

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — After nearly 20 cases of Valley fever were identified after a summer music festival in California, state health…

By Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN (CNN) — While school administrators and parents focus on phone bans in schools as kids head back to school — and…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Teens in the United States are far less likely to use e-cigarettes than they were a few years ago, but…

By Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Imagine you’re trying to learn calculus. You’re in a classroom with some students who’ve been doing…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The first shipments of some self-collection HPV tests for cervical cancer screening are currently on their…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — More than 49,000 people in the United States died by suicide in 2022 — that’s one death every 11 minutes,…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — It’s back to school for many more students across the United States, which means back to kids gathering in close…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Sitting down to exercise may not seem to make sense on first glance. After all, there is a reason why…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A medication that is currently used for chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes has been…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a hard day. The worst thing you could do is reach for the chocolate chip cookies that taste like…

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 Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Measuring the levels of three biomarkers in blood in midlife may give women a clearer picture of their risk of…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The National Institutes of Health said Friday that it is stopping its research of what’s commonly known as…

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized an updated version of the protein-based Novavax Covid-19…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that bans the use of red dye No. 40 and five other…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — A series of recent kids’ sports injuries, some fatal, have reignited a question for many families: Is my…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Crack! The sound of football helmets colliding on the field is an audible sign that fall is just around the…

CNN By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Crack! The sound of football helmets colliding on the field is an audible sign that fall is just around the…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to maintaining a regular sleep schedule, sometimes a busy week can throw everything out of whack…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Two deaths from West Nile virus have been reported in Wisconsin and one in Illinois, the first such deaths…

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The use of cannabis and hallucinogens “stayed at historically high levels” among both younger and middle-age…

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Roseanne Buckley’s 18-year-old son had always been a mild-mannered homebody and excellent student. But in March of…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — When Dr. Anthony Fauci became infected with West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, it was so severe that he…

By Jen Christensen and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding the public to avoid eating…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Parents in the United States are overwhelmed and burned out with the “dizzying pace” of the world, and…

CNN By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Parents in the United States are overwhelmed and burned out with the “dizzying pace” of the world, and…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — Just like urine and stool, semen can provide important clues about a man’s health. Variations in its…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly, and health officials are sounding the alarm.…

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A colicky baby and the lack of support led first-time mom Fatima Ray to call a number at the library offering…