Health

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Target stores are recalling more than 200,000 weighted blankets for children that have been sold by the retailer from December…

By Casey Barber, CNN Certain dessert traditions come to mind during the holiday season in general. There are pumpkin and sweet potato pies, rugelach…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Influenza is continuing its early and severe rampage through the United States, but there’s some hopeful news for flu…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Life expectancy in the United States dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling to the lowest it has been…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN With an early and severe flu season straining resources, the Biden administration says it will release the prescription…

Opinion by Allison Hope, CNN It started with one person releasing a long, productive unmasked cough into the stale, recycled air on the rush hour…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Homicide is a leading cause of death for children in the United States, a new study says, and the overall rate has increased…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Brook was 34 years old when her use of alcohol escalated, a way of coping with a breast cancer diagnosis. “I just…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN A flu season that hit the United States early and hard is showing the first signs of slowing in parts of the country. For…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Although the updated Covid-19 vaccines don’t offer complete protection against a trip to the hospital or urgent care,…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN There are more than 600 muscles in the human body, and it’s impossible to strengthen each and every one. Yet…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN More than a third of US parents say that vaccinating children against measles, mumps and rubella should be an individual…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Humans weren’t the only ones that lost their lives after being exposed to an aromatherapy spray linked to fatal cases…

By Martha Shade, CNN Meira Va’a Nelson is a champion surfer who has known more trauma in her life than most people will ever experience. When…

By Jen Christensen, CNN More than 55% of people involved in serious or fatal road accidents tested positive for drugs or alcohol, according to a new…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Suicide is a leading cause of death among children and adults, but spotting risk factors and warning signs isn’t easy.…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A small proportion — 14.1% — of all diagnosed cancers in the United States are detected by screening with a…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Drug overdose deaths in the United States have slowed in recent months after reaching record levels earlier this year. New…

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent In the United States, approximately 658 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered…

By Katia Hetter, CNN Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized the bivalent Covid-19 booster for children 6 months to 5 years old.…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Long Covid leaves some people with long-term symptoms, but it can be deadly, too. It played a part in at least 3,544 deaths…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The rates of mothers and newborn babies dying during pregnancy, at birth or postpartum are much higher in states that…