Health

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Five key division leaders at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving the public health agency…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Are you keeping a mental list of all the sources of microplastics finding their way into your daily life? You…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The battle over the health merits of various cooking fats has never really gotten below a simmer — but it’s…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — At the end of last week, Dr. Colleen Kelley said she was getting texts about every 10 minutes from colleagues…

By Meg Tirrell, Nick Valencia, Jamie Gumbrecht and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The White House is nominating Dr. Susan Monarez, the current…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Want to improve your chances for a good night’s sleep? This idea could actually knock your socks on, says…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — After returning home from a trip abroad last week, an infant in Houston was hospitalized with measles. In…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — Whether you’re swinging a bat, reaching for your seat belt or simply turning to look over your shoulder, your…

By John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — Pacific Palisades was burning to ash. “As far as the eye could see, homes were on fire, everywhere,” said…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — When Nicole started having pain during intercourse nearly a decade ago, she was determined to find a solution.…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Three hundred and fifty-five cases have been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Colorectal cancer stands as the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in US men and the fourth leading…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Do you ever wonder what it was like to be a baby? But no matter how hard you try, you can’t remember any of…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The world may feel cold, scary and cruel, but if you are open to seeing it, there is a lot of kindness,…

Opinion by Dr. Jerome Adams (CNN) — The ongoing measles outbreak has reached three states and serves as a stark reminder of the vital role that…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The future of Ukraine. A looming trade war. Stock market turmoil. Rising prices for consumers in the midst of…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — In the early 2000s, when Dr. Alexandra Cvijanovich was completing her medical training in Utah, her team cared…

CNN By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Three hundred and twenty-one cases have been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Three hundred and twenty-one cases have been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and…

By Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — It may seem hard to believe, but snacking several times a day can boost your health and fitness —…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Gender-affirming hormone therapy may help patients with their mental health as well as their physical bodies,…

By Andrea Kane, CNN Editor’s note: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future…

By Lisa Drayer, CNN (CNN) — Guinness, like other Irish stouts, enjoys a seasonal popularity every St. Patrick’s Day. It has also been touted…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Do you find yourself reaching for an alcoholic drink to unwind and drift off to sleep? Whether it’s an…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and…

By Neha Mukherjee and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Three months into 2025, the United States has surpassed the total number of measles cases…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — I drag myself out of bed in the morning and immediately make a promise that I’m going to go to bed earlier…

By Katherine Dillinger and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the…

By Deidre McPhillips and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — When Pastor Landon Schott attended a school board meeting for Mercy Culture Preparatory…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — If you feel like your teen is a mystery, new data may help give you a better look inside their world. While…

By Alayna Treene, Brenda Goodman and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The White House withdrew its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Are you feeding your children fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, fish and plant-based proteins? Parents…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Cases in the ongoing measles outbreak have risen to 258 across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and state health…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — When your shoulders feel stiff, stretching might seem like the obvious answer. But in many cases, stretching is…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — A newborn with measles is among the cases reported in the growing West Texas outbreak, Lubbock public health…

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding is a common experience for about 33% of people who are in transition to…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has begun the process of eliminating a US Food and Drug…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — By being an excellent host for slimy biofilms created by bacteria to protect themselves from attack,…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve ever been fooled by oversimplified or misleading claims online, there is more that you can do to…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The federal government program that provides free at-home Covid-19 tests says it is “not currently accepting…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — I’m captivated by my new personal health tracker, a Christmas gift from my husband. It’s fascinating to know…

By Shannon Carpenter, CNN (CNN) — I’ve sat across from grandfathers with rope burns on their wrists and have had them tell me that everything…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Did you remember to wear your red-light glasses, eat two kiwi fruit, take your supplements, insert your nostril…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A new Netflix docuseries reveals never-before-seen details about the story of travel vlogger Gabby Petito, a…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — I know I’m supposed to gradually go to bed and get up earlier over the course of a week or two before Daylight…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Disney fans probably remember the scene in the classic 1961 film “101 Dalmatians” in which the Dalmatian…

By Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and…

By Deidre McPhillips and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 230 measles cases have been identified in outbreaks in West Texas and a nearby county in New Mexico.…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — The winter flu season is still in full force, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and…

By Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — A team from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived in Texas this week to…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Health officials in New Mexico are investigating the cause of death of an unvaccinated person who tested…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration told senators in a tense…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Swapping your daily butter intake for certain plant-based oils may help reduce your risk of death, a new study…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Maybe the most useful advice I ever received came from my dad when I went away to college. “When you are…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A common but potentially dangerous vaginal infection that affects nearly 1 in 3 women globally should be…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health answered sharp questions in a…

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health answered sharp questions in a…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — People are rushed to the hospital emergency room for all sorts of unavoidable injuries, whether they got hit by a…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from US Health and Human Services Secretary…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who have higher levels of strong, agile sperm may live nearly three years longer than those with poor…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Want better sleep in your older years? Time to grab some weights. Exercise, but particularly those workouts…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — If there is one thing therapists and family lawyers can count on, it’s a steady stream of couples coming to…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — In the 18 days since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of the United States Department of Health and…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A top spokesman for the US Department of Health and Human Services resigned abruptly Friday, according to his post…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Intrigued by all the headlines about the mental health benefits of psychedelics and thinking of giving them a try? You may…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The measles outbreak is surging in West Texas, especially in under-vaccinated communities, but it’s not just…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — You’re standing in line at the supermarket or drugstore when a stranger speaks up. “Hello, how are you?”…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies,…

By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — As a measles outbreak in Texas has grown to nearly 150 cases, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — After many years of failed attempts, I have actually grown to like running. My boss, David Allan, was one of…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — I know emergency physicians are trained to treat every type of medical emergency, including falls, cuts and…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services has reversed an obscure requirement called the Richardson Waiver,…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to…

By Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — For many Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramadan is a time for spiritual reset. Fasting during the…

CNN By Jamie Gumbrecht and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas,…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, the Texas Department of…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Two long-planned vaccine meetings — one at the US Centers for Disease Control and another at the US Food and…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answered questions about his stances on antidepressants at a recent US Senate…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — When Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy answered questions during the first cabinet…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Upping your physical activity level may lower your risk of developing neuropsychiatric diseases such as…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Alzheimer’s disease is increasingly widespread, affecting more than 55 million people worldwide — a figure…

CNN, KCBD, POOL, CDC By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — As a measles outbreak causes dozens of illnesses in West Texas, it’s important to know…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A March meeting of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating five hospitalizations that…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Drinking tea has been linked to various health benefits, including a lower risk for heart disease and degree of…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The first measles death in the growing outbreak in West Texas was a school-aged child. The child was…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — In a new op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro, said it will invest an…

By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — By now, many people have heard that a diet packed with ultraprocessed foods is not good for us. They have been linked…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The number of confirmed measles cases reported in an outbreak in West Texas is now at 124, the Texas Department…