Health

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Developing cannabis use disorder is relatively common in Washington state, one of the first states to fully…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Do you identify as anxious, avoidant, disorganized or secure? For those who aren’t up on pop psychology…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Voice assistants like Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa can help with things like the weather and recipes, but…

By Deidre McPhillips and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Edward Barksdale needed answers and he turned to Cleveland’s SWAT team, the county…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Most cancer screenings don’t ultimately give someone extra time beyond their regular lifespan, according to a…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic…

By Leqi Zhong Berkeley, California (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and…

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — A novel trial that has been described as “the last roll of the dice” for a generation of HIV vaccines has…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — It happens to every gymgoer at some point. You’re getting ready to head to the gym or begin using a…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A boil water advisory has been issued after E. coli bacteria were found in the water supply near Phantom Ranch…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer for how often you should poop, but when it comes to what color your…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The diabetes and weight loss drug semaglutide significantly reduced symptoms and improved quality of life in people…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 vaccines that have been tweaked to teach the body how to fend off the current crop of circulating…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — This summer has brought a flurry of warnings about cases of mosquito-borne illnesses, including malaria,…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide will help you ease into a…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires in Canada that caused smoke to blanket parts of the United States in recent months were linked to a…

By Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — The calendar says August, which means it’s officially time for everything pumpkin spice once again. Too soon?…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning against buying or using certain eye drops from Dr.…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Preliminary testing of wastewater in the United States has detected the new highly mutated coronavirus variant…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Jaimie Henderson had a single wish throughout childhood: for his father to be able to speak with him. Now…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The number of gender-affirming surgeries done in the United States nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, a new…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If you’re at high risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, it’s time to dust off those N95 masks and…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Health officials in two states are warning people to take precautions against mosquito bites because of the…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US government has awarded more than $1.4 billion to kick-start the development of new vaccines and therapies…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — About 1 in 5 women were mistreated while receiving maternity care, and nearly a third faced discrimination,…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — For adults who have survived a heart attack or stroke, taking aspirin regularly may reduce the risk of…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Mothers who followed the Mediterranean diet while pregnant improved their children’s cognitive, social and…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Not all narcissists are CEOs, celebrities or characters in a crime show. In fact, they may be around you more…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Although not a new phenomenon, health misinformation became even more widespread during the Covid-19 pandemic. A…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first vaccine that protects newborns from…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Handing your baby a phone or tablet to play with may seem like a harmless solution when you’re busy, but it…

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to developing high blood pressure, Covid-19 might play an outsized role, a new study says. The…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Spanking or striking children in school, or corporal punishment, should be “abolished in all states by…

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent (CNN) — Aging. It’s funny how a biological process we all go through, individually and…

By Upasna Gautam, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A highly mutated new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 has countries on alert as scientists scramble to…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — A case of locally acquired malaria has been confirmed in Maryland, the state Department of Health said…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When you go to get your newly updated Covid-19 booster this fall, you might want to choose the arm the…

CNN By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — As families prepare to gather for Labor Day and children head back to schools, coronavirus cases are once…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Last year’s respiratory virus season in the US was a bad one. After two years of extraordinarily light flu…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Department of Health placed two counties under a mosquito-borne illness alert as five cases of dengue…