Health

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…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Adding a blue-light filter to your eyeglasses may not ease eye strain from computer work, protect the retina or…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Someone who has any kind of severe pain a year after a heart attack may be more likely to die within the eight…

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Weight loss and diabetes medications are priced much higher in the US than in other countries, according to a new…

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever…

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Last fall, children’s hospitals across the country dealt with an unprecedented early surge of patients with…

WABC, NYU LANGONE HEALTH, MILLER FAMILY, CNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans,…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Federal surveillance data suggests that Covid-19 levels are trending up in the United States, but key metrics…

CNN, WLS, NIH, NIAID-RM, CDC.GOV, NIH/NIAID-RM By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Federal surveillance data suggests that Covid-19 levels are…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Certain kinds of cancer are being diagnosed more often in younger adults in the US, a new study shows, and the…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that’s been a household name for decades, recently received a lifeline…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Just as everybody poops, everybody has gas. But the reasons why you break wind can vary, and sometimes it can be…

CNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If you’re stuck in what seems like an endless cycle of procrastination, guilt and chaos, you might be…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Blueberries, beloved by nutritionists for their anti-inflammatory properties, have joined fiber-rich green beans…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on…