Health

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — While cinnamon is a popular spice used added to many foods, it has a long history of uses in traditional medicine…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A priceless treasure trove of biodata gathered from generations of Americans by Harvard University researchers…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 measles cases have been reported in the United States in 2025, according to a CNN tally. This…

CNN, CDC By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 measles cases have been reported in the United States in 2025, according to a CNN…

By Kaitlan Collins, Sarah Owermohle and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The White House announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump is…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Eating about a dozen servings of ultraprocessed food each day could more than double your risk of developing…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — American adults say sticker shock at the grocery store is making it harder for them to have a healthy diet,…

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Dentists in Utah can tell rather quickly whether their patients grew up in the Salt Lake City area or in a…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The foods you pack in your kids’ lunch boxes may have an impact on whether they experience their first…

By Sarah Owermohle and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has named Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, to…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Using marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor fetal development, low infant birth weight, dangerously early…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Spill didn’t cry when she was diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer at age 28. She held her emotions…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Some Americans are still not doing their due diligence when it comes to washing their hands. That’s according…

By Ian Kerner, CNN (CNN) — Do you walk around resenting your partner? Do you dread coming home from work as much as, if not more than, going to…

Personal essay by Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN (CNN) — It was the first day that felt like spring in New Hampshire, and college students swarmed…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new list of measures targeting per- and polyfluoroalkyl…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US…

By Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The public health practice of adding fluoride to drinking water is facing heavy scrutiny from the Trump…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly…

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to karma, most people believe the universe is their own personal cheerleader — but an exacting…

By Jen Christensen and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a 400-page review of…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in…

By Deidre McPhillips and Connor Greene, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has named overdose prevention among its top drug policy…

By Katherine Dillinger and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in Florida approved a bill to prohibit certain additives in drinking water,…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As artificial food dyes are becoming increasingly restricted at state and federal levels, some manufacturers are…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There is happiness, and then there is flourishing. And as new research has found, having one doesn’t always…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo,…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Imagine your dad was a bully. If so, when you were a child, he might have withheld affection and warmth and…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Milwaukee will temporarily close two more school buildings as the city works to address a lead crisis in its…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — As you add more ultraprocessed foods to your diet, your risk of a premature death from any cause rises,…

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — When she was married, Carly and her husband didn’t fight much. When things started to go downhill in her marriage,…

By Meg Tirrell and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has discussed with vaccine-maker Novavax the need for an…

By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Peek inside Jackie Akerberg’s refrigerator and you’ll see a rainbow-hued array of fresh fruits and vegetables,…

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Gwyneth Paltrow says she has moved away from her yearslong strict Paleo diet and is venturing back into carbs and…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — If your knees hurt, your first instinct is probably to blame them. But in many cases, knee pain isn’t about the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is considering eliminating the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline’s…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — In an abrupt reversal, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it no longer plans…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Measles could become endemic in the United States if routine childhood vaccination rates continue to decline,…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Concerned that the nation’s health leadership is casting unfounded doubt on the safety of well-studied vaccines…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Ivermectin can now be purchased in Idaho just like Tylenol or ibuprofen, without the need for a prescription,…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Zahydie Burgos Ribot and her husband, Francisco Rios, are checking items off their travel bucket list and…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — How you manage a cluster of health conditions known as metabolic syndrome could have a big impact on whether…

By Eryn Mathewson, CNN (CNN) — When she was 3 weeks old, the left side of Addison McArthur’s heart stopped functioning, and she was put on…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The United States has seen progress in reducing certain cancer risks, as overall smoking rates remain on a…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — As a measles outbreak centered in West Texas continues to grow, a new poll finds that a growing share of…