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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Infants born to mothers who used marijuana during pregnancy were twice as likely to be underweight and nearly…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has greenlit the first test for chlamydia and gonorrhea that will allow…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When your tolerance for marijuana goes up, often usage does, too. That’s a problem many regular users of…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization is making loneliness a global health priority, it said Wednesday, launching a new…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The suicide rate in the United States spiked in 2021, reversing two years of decline, and rates among older…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Pesticides used in our homes, gardens and lawns and sprayed on foods we eat are contributing to a dramatic…

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ trust in science and scientists has dropped since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Eating higher amounts of ultraprocessed food raises the risk of being diagnosed with multimorbidity, or having…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration approved the medication Zepbound last week to treat chronic obesity. The…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Over the past five years, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer in the US has increased a significant…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning health care providers to be on the lookout for…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 49 million people in the US ages 12 and older – more than 1 in 6 – had a substance use disorder…

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — When my father died of bone cancer last year, I received an outpouring of messages from friends and…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Zachary Watson looked at the blueberry muffins his wife just pulled out of the oven, steam rising off the…

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt from your diet each day can lower your top blood pressure reading just as much as a…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Results from a landmark clinical trial this summer suggested, for the first time, that a medication given for…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The Puerto Rico Department of Health declared an influenza epidemic Thursday, with at least 900 hospitalizations…

By Rob Frehse and Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Media personality and sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer is now New York state’s honorary…

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

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Our eight-part guide shows you a delicious…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If you’re visiting with loved ones this holiday season, a new study suggests you make that a habit on a…

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday of a salmonella outbreak in humans that’s…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it has approved the first vaccine to prevent disease…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The percentage of kindergartners who received their state-required vaccines for measles remained below the federal…

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — It was a moment Meagan James never expected to witness. A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — It was a moment Meagan James never expected to witness. A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York had…

By Andrea Kane, CNN Editor’s note: Season 8 of the podcast Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets back to basics with an in-depth examination of…

Opinion by Dr. Tom Frieden (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dr. Tom Frieden was director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Seventeen major food manufacturers earned an average grade of F for their lack of progress in reducing…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration approved the type 2 diabetes drug tirzepatide for use in chronic weight…

CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — When 34-year-old Davey Bauer’s lungs stopped working, doctors turned to an unusual tool to help keep…

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Working under the sun could be a major cause of skin cancer worldwide, according to new data from the World…

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Marc Gauthier can now step into an elevator without his body stiffening and freezing in place. He can…

Text by Casey Barber and illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN (CNN) — I always think of Thanksgiving as the Super Bowl of food holidays. No…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Many parents across the US are stretched thin to take care of sick children: Not only are Covid-19, the flu and RSV…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Establishing healthy bedtime habits for your child early on is vital if at least one parent has chronic sleep…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — When 34-year-old Davey Bauer’s lungs stopped working, doctors turned to an unusual tool to help keep him…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A newly approved medication to treat postpartum depression will cost $15,900 per 14-day course, before insurance,…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — US public health officials are calling for urgent action to curb an alarming increase in the number of babies…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Amy Hagstrom Miller probably knows US geography better than most. The founder and chief executive officer of…

By Liz Szabo, KFF Health News (KFF Health News) — Oronde McClain was struck by a stray bullet on a Philadelphia street corner when he was 10.…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Marc Gauthier can now step into an elevator without his body stiffening and freezing in place. He can take a…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A new study finds that in states with certain restrictive abortion laws, even before the US Supreme Court…

CNN By Alicia Wallace, Katherine Dillinger, Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration moved Tuesday to…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Two more companies are recalling fruit puree pouches due to potential contamination with lead, the US Food and…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its infectious disease surveillance program at four…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Older adults who don’t smoke tobacco but do use marijuana were at higher risk of both heart attack and stroke…