CNN – Health

By Janelle Chavez, CNN Millions of Americans say they regularly turn to medications for help falling or staying asleep, a practice that experts say…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Although fewer US adults are smoking cigarettes than ever, smoking remains the cause of the most preventable disability and…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN If you are a man or woman approaching 50, look down at your middle. If you’re like many people, you might have to lean…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN What if you could look at all the things you do daily — walking from room to room, preparing a presentation at your desk,…

By Emma Tucker, CNN In a triage waiting room of St. Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri, a clear basket filled with gun locks sits near the…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Sending kids back to school rather than isolating and resting may be a better way to help them recover faster from a…

By Amanda Musa, CNN Friday marks three years since the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in the United States. The virus still has not settled into a…

by Brenda Goodman, CNN Public health officials says they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every kind…

By Carma Hassan, CNN The US Department of Agriculture is taking steps to improve the transparency and standards for products that are currently…

By Jen Christensen, CNN With egg prices rising, more people may be shopping for their own backyard chicken flock. But before you build a coop and…

By Janelle Chavez, CNN A new study raises the question whether some people can wait longer than the recommended 10years to repeat a colonoscopy after…

By Kristen Rogers, Megan Marples and Rachel Fadem, CNN As we scroll through the curated lifestyles of the influencers we follow on Instagram or…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Are snacks before bed your vice? Or do you prefer to wait a few hours after you wake up to eat? The timing of meals may not…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Most adults in the US consider the quality of the country’s health care to be unfavorable, according to a new survey.…

By Jessica Sooknanan, CNN There are a few important conversations financial activist Dasha Kennedy wished she’d had with her ex-husband before…

By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to…

By Carma Hassan, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in “a moment of peril” and a “strong, effective, and more…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Jessica Richman felt fear rush over her — again. In October, she watched her 3-year-old daughter, Layla, become…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 has killed more than 1 million people in the United States since the start of the pandemic, and life expectancy…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Fish caught in the fresh waters of the nation’s streams and rivers and the Great Lakes contain dangerously high levels…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Going for a walk in a park or along a lake or a tree-lined space may reduce the need for medication for anxiety, asthma,…

By Michelle Icard, CNN There’s a crisis of bullying in US schools, and the solution is learning what to do before it happens. One in 5 students…

By Kristen Rogers and Rob Picheta, CNN As if we needed any more reason to ruminate over pandemic life’s daily plights, today (January 16) is…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Undergoing clinical trials around the world is a brain surgery that doesn’t need an incision or produce any blood yet…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There can be something anxiety inducing about big meals. Whether you’re gathering for a holiday meal or interrupting…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that there is a possible safety issue with the bivalent Covid-19…

By Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN Flu continues to be very prevalent in the US, but the first wave of the season — which swept…