Health

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before, my 94-year-old father-in-law,…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN This year’s flu shot appears to be “a very good match” to the circulating strains, US Centers for Disease…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN More than 1,200 pregnant and postpartum women died of a drug overdose in the US in 2020, with overdoses involved in more…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN A chill is in the air, and you all know what that means — it’s time for cold and flu season, when it seems everyone…

By Dana Santas, CNN For many people, back pain can make it difficult to function in everyday life. It affects how you move, feel and think, leaving…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Nearly 20,000 people in the United States were admitted to the hospital for flu last week, almost double the number of…

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Health officials in the United Kingdom are advising parents and schools to watch for Strep A infections following the recent…

By Samantha Beech, CNN A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was sentenced Thursday for what authorities said was his role in a…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Some people suffering pain from cancer and other chronic diseases turn to marijuana to ease their suffering, but much of that…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The brains of US teens have physically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, a new study says. The…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN An experimental HIV vaccine has been found to induce broadly neutralizing antibody precursors among a small group of…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re often running late to work because you can’t find your keys or tensing at the sight of kitchen clutter,…

By Raenu Charles, CNN Organ donations and transplantations increase during major US motorcycle rallies due to crashes, according to a new study,…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A sniffle, a sneeze or a cough can set off alarm bells these days for families with young children. Mother of two Vickie…

By Carma Hassan, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is considering shifting its blood donation policy away from blanket assessments toward…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Deaths related to drug misuse and alcohol abuse appear to be on the rise among older adults in the United States, similar…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A common treatment for some arthritis pain might actually be making the condition worse, according to two new studies.…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Friendships aren’t just about those you sit with on the school bus or play alongside on your childhood baseball team…

By Meera Senthilingam, CNN A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Americans gathered for Thanksgiving last week amid a flu season that’s worse than any has been in more than a decade,…

By Elizabeth Cohen and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN As the US government distributes some of the most significant investments ever to improve public…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN The World Health Organization announced Monday that “mpox” is now the preferred name for monkeypox. “Both…

By Kristen Rogers When you think of money, do you feel like living in the moment and being responsible are mutually exclusive? Does guilt eat at you…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating more flavonols, antioxidants found in many vegetables, fruits, tea and wine, may slow your rate of memory loss, a new…