Health

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve been hitting the gym regularly and feeling stronger — but also stiffer and more slouched — you may…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — You may be able to lower your risk for developing heart rhythm abnormalities by speeding up your walking pace.…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Measles cases have surpassed 650 in an ongoing multistate outbreak, but federal funding cuts could threaten the…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Thursday that an experimental pill form of popular GLP-1 medications helped people…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F.…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — Lately I find myself feeling stuck in a chronic state of stress, constantly worrying about my work, my…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Although the two-dose shingles vaccine may force you to lay low for a day or two after getting the shot, it’s over…

By Deidre McPhillips and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Depression is becoming more common among adults and adolescents in the United States, but…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has…

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

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The abortion policy landscape continues to shift in the United States, with key changes in how and where…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Babies’ and children’s mattresses and bedding emit toxic chemicals and flame retardants associated with…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — With the first generation of people exposed widely to technology now approaching old age, how has its use…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Find yourself yawning a lot? Do you need that third or fourth cup of coffee to make it through the afternoon at…

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — The importance of female friendships is often in the spotlight. But when it comes to the ties that bind men,…

By Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request from Milwaukee’s public…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Older women who stayed on a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet, walked and did resistance training for three…

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive…

By Deidre McPhillips, Jen Christensen and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days…

CNN By Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Although often invisible, chronic pain is everywhere. More than one-quarter of Americans have pain lasting…

CNN By Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Although often invisible, chronic pain is everywhere. More than one-quarter of Americans have pain lasting…

By Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Although often invisible, chronic pain is everywhere. More than one-quarter of Americans have pain lasting more…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will be phasing out a requirement that…

By Meg Tirrell, Sarah Owermohle and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — When Nike unveiled its now-famous slogan “Just do it” in 1988, it helped propel the US-based…

CNN By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — As someone with autism, Madison Marilla would often feel left out as her neurotypical friends would get in…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — As someone with autism, Madison Marilla would often feel left out as her neurotypical friends would get in…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Heavy drinking is associated with increased risk of a type of brain injury linked with memory and thinking…

By Meg Tirrell and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — “Major” tariffs on pharmaceutical imports are coming soon, President Donald Trump says, pledging…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The use of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound in people with type 1 diabetes has risen sharply over the…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Having a cat or a dog to keep you company could boost your wellbeing as much as being married or meeting up…

By Neha Mukherjee and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly urged people to get the…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 70% of all food in grocery stores in the United States is ultraprocessed, meaning the foods contain…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — When Dr. Luc Beaudoin was an undergraduate student nearly 40 years ago, he often had trouble falling asleep on…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Concern is growing among public health experts that anti-vaccine sentiment within federal and state…

By Jen Christensen and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is reconvening the…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — When Penny Ashford’s father was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease at age 62, she knew the…

By Deidre McPhillips, Neha Mukherjee and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — More women could die in pregnancy and childbirth due to “unprecedented” aid cuts that threaten to undo two…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — What does it take to reach age 70 and not have any chronic diseases? A team of researchers led by scientists from the…

By John Bonifield, Lauren Mascarenhas and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he has…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — For many middle-aged and older people, getting a driver’s license was their first taste of long-awaited…

Opinion by Dr. Josh Green (CNN) — America’s children are in danger. Measles outbreaks are spreading in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and…

CNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sweeping job cuts and reorganizations taking place at the US Department of Health and Human Services…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sweeping job cuts and reorganizations taking place at the US Department of Health and Human Services under…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — More than 55 million people worldwide have dementia, a number expected to nearly triple by 2050. Deaths from…

Personal essay by Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN (CNN) — Josh the line cook leaned on the doorframe, burgers steaming on the hot plate behind him.…

By Deidre McPhillips and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, with at least…

By Brenda Goodman and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — As people get older, stiffness and reduced mobility can feel inevitable, leading to the common belief that…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — More than a decade after the Obama-era move to generally prohibit whole and 2% milk in schools as part of an…

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — He didn’t even stop to use the bathroom. Beginning Monday night, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker stood and…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — He didn’t even stop to use the bathroom. Beginning Monday night, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker stood and…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A public health association and one of the nation’s largest worker unions are suing the Trump administration…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — In his 20 years working in pediatric infectious disease, Dr. John Schieffelin has never seen another illness…

By Meg Tirrell and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has delayed granting full approval of Novavax’s…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A few months ago, a test revealed that a child in Milwaukee had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The…

By Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — Researchers historically have viewed autism as a distinctly “male” neurotype. But why? Is it because they only…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Phthalates — the synthetic chemicals used in everyday products for food packaging, personal care, toys and…

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Once you have embarked upon a new exercise regimen, most people hope to see results almost immediately.…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Democratic attorneys general and governors in 23 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the…

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 Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — As preventable infections like measles threaten to become endemic again in the US, researchers whose government…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Need another reason to prioritize your sleep? Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep —…

CNN By Kate Bolduan, Matthew Reynard, and Raya Tarawneh (CNN) — “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted…

By Kate Bolduan, Matthew Reynard, and Raya Tarawneh (CNN) — “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Max Genecov is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dad, and a…

By Ben Tinker, CNN (CNN) — “Kids! Are one of you taking my lorazepams?” Victoria Ratliff (played by Parker Posey) asks her children in a…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — What West Virginia lawmaker Adam Burkhammer “once thought was a conspiracy theory became reality” to him…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A growing body of evidence has increasingly linked diet sodas and other no- or low-calorie foods with weight…

By Nora Gaul, John Bonifield and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The head of the US Food and Drug Administration department responsible for assuring…

By Neha Mukherjee and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A measles outbreak spanning Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma reached at least 453 cases…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — You’re scrolling through your phone when you stumble upon the next viral trend: an influencer claiming that…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — On March 10, Dr. Nisha Acharya got a letter from the National Institutes of Health terminating her grant to…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — It’s time to do your taxes, so you sit down at the computer to knock them out, but then you have to text…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Spring is in the air, but that’s not stopping fitness enthusiasts from wanting to crank up the heat — at…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Is my doctor using artificial intelligence to diagnose me during our appointment? Is he recording our conversation…

By Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby, Brenda Goodman and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday…

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found…

By Neha Mukherjee and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-three measles cases have been reported in Kansas, and the state health department…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — I’m writing this article at 2 a.m. Not because I suffer from insomnia, but because I just woke up to…

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 Jacqueline Howard, Brenda Goodman, Neha Mukherjee and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — State and local public health departments are bracing…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver…

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…