Health

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first flu vaccine that does not have to be…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Exposure to heavy metals has been linked to cancer, neurological harms, and reproductive or developmental…

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers,…

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Trying to convince your kid to eat their food can be a struggle. The tears, the tantrums – many…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Can you tell what ingredients went into your lunch today? Whether or not you can easily identify the contents…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — They won’t get you buzzed, but some experts say low-alcohol and alcohol-free beers and mocktails shouldn’t…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Two Georgia mothers, Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, died in 2022 because of a lack of care most likely tied to the…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Can a popular medication used to change your body also be affecting your mood? It’s a question that some…

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at cholera, an acute diarrheal infection that has killed thousands of people worldwide. Facts…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After an in-depth analysis of the genetic material from hundreds of swabs taken from the walls, floors, machines…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If your child sometimes has trouble sleeping, it may be easy to chalk it up to a phase they will grow out of one…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Federal data shows that overdose deaths in the United States are the lowest they’ve been in three years,…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US spends more on health care than any other high-income country, but a new report suggests that…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Following the MIND diet for 10 years produced a small but significant decrease in the risk of developing…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Certain blockbuster weight-loss drugs have been found to protect the heart in significant ways, and new…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — With so many parents wanting their children to get more exercise, a backyard trampoline might seem like a good…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — A morning cup of coffee may do more than just perk you up, according to new research. Moderate amounts of…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Jared Holz thought about taking one of the new GLP-1 drugs for weight loss for months before he actually filled the…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — More than 3,600 chemicals that leach into food during the manufacturing, processing, packaging and storage of…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Tiny plastic shards and fibers were found in the nose tissue of human cadavers, according to a small new study.…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy,…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year when any cough or sniffle could be Covid-19, flu or RSV — but there are ways to…

By Riane Lumer, CNN Southampton, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Walking into my grandmother’s house, I watch her hands move in a fast-weaving motion as…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus,…

By Hannah Frances Johansson, CNN Berkeley, California (CNN) — Over a decade before her husband’s death, Linda Tung was already concerned with…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Boar’s Head will close the Virginia plant that produced deli meat tied to a deadly listeria outbreak, the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — As a deadly mpox outbreak continues to spread in Africa and other parts of the world, questions are emerging…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — With the approach of fall and cooler weather across the United States, officials say the risk posed by the H5N1…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — At Tuesday night’s presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump was asked about his stance on abortion…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — High levels of lead were found in 12 brands of cinnamon powder and multi-spice powders, according to testing…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A six-week abortion ban in Florida led to a sharp drop in the number of abortions provided in the state and…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two years before a deadly listeria outbreak linked to recalled deli meat, inspectors at a Virginia…

CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — From the very first play this season, NFL football has looked a lot different. The league has dramatically…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Nutrients such as iron and calcium are critical for blood and bone health, respectively. But more than half the…

By Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Watch any zombie movie, and you’ll likely see people panicking and turning on each other to prevent the undead…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — From the very first play this season, NFL football has looked a lot different. The league has dramatically…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will examine the potential harm to women of heavy…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Children who used the weight loss drug liraglutide in a late-stage trial lost significantly more weight than…

By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — College students are carrying a lot of baggage with them as they head off to campus this fall — and not just the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The United States is facing an ongoing maternity health crisis in which 1 in every 3 counties does not have a…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Exercise doesn’t just help you lose fat. It could also promote healthier fat, according to a new study.…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Apple juice sold at chain retailers across the country has been recalled over concerns about arsenic…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — It is possible to drink too much caffeine, as actor Dakota Johnson recently found out after she had lots of…