Health

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — When today’s teenagers and young adults are struggling emotionally, some are turning not only to friends, family…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Take twice daily. Does that mean two pills in one sitting? Can you take once at breakfast and once at lunch?…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in 20 years, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new sunscreen ingredient —…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If there’s a blackberry or strawberry in sight, my infant grandson will gobble it up and beg for more. Berries…

By Jacqueline Howard, Diana Anos, CNN (CNN) — Parents used to be advised to keep allergenic foods like eggs away from babies, especially if…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If stress causes your digestive woes, eating late at night isn’t doing you any favors. For thousands of…

By Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, dozens of people explored the Margaret Mitchell House — the historic…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Mushrooms are becoming popular due to online communities and social media marketing products for mood enhancement,…

By Caleb Hellerman (CNN) — As a budding specialist in bloodborne cancers like leukemia, Dr. Marcel van den Brink learned how to perform one of…

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Need another reason not to give your kid screens? It may permanently alter their brains, according to a new paper…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A case of flesh-eating New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Foodborne illnesses aren’t just a nuisance after a questionable meal; they are a significant cause of death…

By Deidre McPhillips, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Americans who test positive for Ebola…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The ultraprocessed food industry is yet again under attack, and it’s not just MAHA moms or scientists who…

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Gabriela Cryan, a 23-year-old who works in sales in Chamblee, Georgia, once apologized for bringing the wrong…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Several Americans who were exposed to a rare strain of hantavirus on board a cruise ship this spring have…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — At the dawn of emerging technology around internet use and smartphone access, marketers promised that they…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Another alarming episode of Ebola. A rare, contagious hantavirus. Glaring headlines about deadly viruses in…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US government is prepared to allow American passengers who were exposed to a unique strain of hantavirus to…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Vaping is often marketed as a safer alternative to cigarettes, but safer doesn’t always mean safe. New evidence…

By Deidre McPhillips, Jennifer Hansler, Aaron Cooper, Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — As an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Cars came to a screeching stop on Interstate 495 near Washington, DC, after a man stabbed four people in an…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The American Cancer Society is adding some new testing options to its screening guideline for colorectal…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The FIFA World Cup is now just a few weeks away, but Dr. Rebecca Katz has been worrying about the public…

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Teens’ glued-to-their-phone habits are turning many of them into night owls on school nights — at a time when…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo came to the world’s attention only a little…

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Manoush Zomorodi has some good and bad news for you. The bad news? All that sitting you do — whether you’re…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — The death of NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, whose family said he had severe pneumonia that…

By Antoinette Radford, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — I have a gym class this evening, Pilates on Tuesday and an interview on Wednesday. I write them…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Journalist Kara Swisher reads quotes about death every day. She isn’t being morbid or wallowing in sadness;…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide had mental disorders in 2023, reflecting a 95.5% increase since 1990, a new…

By Meg Tirrell, Aaron Cooper, Jennifer Hansler, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Amid a fast-moving Ebola outbreak, the US government is expanding…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Pregnant women are routinely advised to take prenatal vitamins for their health and their baby’s development.…

CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is spreading fast and presents a high risk…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Common preservatives used in many store-bought foods to kill bacteria and mold were linked to a 29% greater risk…

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Lou Robinson, Annette Choi, Henrik Pettersson, Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization has declared…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Too much screen use among kids and teens – including endless social media scrolling, nonstop texting and…

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. quietly removed the two top leaders of a key preventive…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is spreading fast and presents a high risk at…

By Brenda Goodman, Francesca Giuliani Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — An American passenger who was exposed to the Andes strain of hantavirus on the…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius arrived at its last stop Monday. Now the waiting begins. The…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — It’s time to stock up on sunscreen, but few choices on store shelves today are both safe and effective,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Key Biden-era regulations designed to protect the nation’s drinking water from the most dangerous…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — If you want to live a long and healthy life, you’d be better off in South Korea than the United States. In…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Social media trends are fueling a dangerous form of substance use among teenagers in the United States involving…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Concerns about whether antidepressants cause harms to developing fetuses, including neurodevelopmental…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to slowing down our biological aging, engaging with arts and culture is as beneficial as physical…

CNN By Erin Burnett, Katherine Dillinger, Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, a passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship who…

By Erin Burnett, Katherine Dillinger, Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, a passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship who had…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — A condition that can impact women’s fertility and diabetes risk goes undiagnosed in many cases, but experts…

By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Chef Hillary Sterling has worked in kitchens with culinary icons such as Bobby Flay and Missy Robbins. Sterling has…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Since the first sign of an outbreak, the reminders have come from government officials, health agencies and…

By Ian Kerner, CNN (CNN) — Walking on eggshells. Avoiding each other. Silencing yourself. If you’re engaging in those behaviors, your…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Two of Liza Ginette’s kids don’t speak to her, and she is proud of them for it. From the outside, it…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Say everyone had a best friend who was always available, never judgmental, totally on the same page about…

CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Health authorities across several countries are racing to trace and contain an outbreak of hantavirus after…

By Adam Cancryn, Brenda Goodman, Jennifer Hansler, Deidre McPhillips, Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The director general of the World Health…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Access to medication abortion has changed and then changed again over the past week, leaving doctors and…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Health authorities across several countries are racing to trace and contain an outbreak of hantavirus after the…

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Cailen Vela of Fruitport, Michigan, died Tuesday after fighting cancer for three years, his family announced. He was…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — In 2018, health authorities in southern Argentina were racing, trying to understand what had caused nearly three…

By Kara Alaimo (CNN) — Think DMing your friends on TikTok or Instagram will keep you closer? Not necessarily. Using social media isn’t likely…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Like on many other days, the last thing Leah Coplon did before she left work Friday was to check a litigation…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to reduce “overprescribing” of…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — A viral trend claims that a combination of common over-the-counter medications, specifically an allergy drug and…

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hantavirus, a rare disease typically caused by exposure to infected rodents’ urine or feces, is suspected…

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Nir Eyal started to get heart palpitations, dry mouth and sweaty armpits when he was about to talk to a large crowd.…

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — How’s the weather up there? Standing at nearly 5 feet 2 inches tall, I’ve rarely been able to reach the highest…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — It’s exciting to think of bionic humans who have cracked the code to stop aging. But perhaps less glamorous…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of young children are injured every year by common household items that many parents don’t…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — After a potluck supper, a short guided meditation and a quick lesson in resistance singing, a couple…

By Caleb Hellerman (CNN) — Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other form of cancer: more than prostate cancer and colon cancer combined,…

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — To protect kids from the harms of social media, some of us have proposed banning social networks for young people…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The measles outbreak in South Carolina — the largest the United States has had in decades — has ended,…

By Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN (CNN) — After years of preparation, college applications and some acceptances, I thought the stress of my senior…

By Victoria Robinson, as told to Andrea Kane, CNN | Photographs by Brenda Bazán for CNN (CNN) — One in 31: That’s the estimated number of…

By Jacqueline Howard, Ben Tinker, CNN (CNN) — Some psychedelic drugs, once considered fringe, are getting a step closer to possibly being…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — A vaccine long framed as protection against cervical cancer in women is now showing clear benefits for men. Boys…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Measles crept into Utah and Arizona in June, with reports trickling into local health departments of patients…

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year after remaking a key vaccine advisory committee, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first gene therapy for inherited hearing loss, a…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Over 62 million Americans — roughly 1 in 5 people — may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 vaccines roughly halved the chances that a US adult would need to visit the emergency room or be…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — In my clinic, one of the first things I hear from men facing a fertility issue is often the same: “I…

By Michal Ruprecht, Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Psychedelic drugs, once pushed to the fringes of medicine, are gaining serious attention…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The American Lung Association calls it a “grim indication of the deterioration of air quality nationwide”:…

By Sarah Owermohle, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had another long day on Capitol Hill…

By Michal Ruprecht, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans are turning to AI chatbots for health answers. Doctors are, too. But the ways doctors are…

By Caleb Hellerman (CNN) — Vita Sara Blechner’s life changed on a Saturday afternoon. The middle school librarian was home in Oceanside, New…

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN (CNN) — When I started filming the first “Weed” documentary back in 2012, I could not have predicted where this…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — You have a problem? There is probably a product that claims to solve it –– especially in the longevity…

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Ever wonder why your kid goes ballistic when you try to take their screen away? It’s mostly not their fault. That…

By Sarah Owermohle, Brenda Goodman, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control…