CNN – Health

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Contrary to what internalized stigma may tell you, a migraine isn’t just a headache. In people younger than age 50,…

By Janelle Chavez, CNN US lawmakers are moving to classify xylazine, the animal tranquilizer that’s increasingly infiltrating illicit drugs, as…

By Carma Hassan and Helen Regan, CNN The World Health Organization’s vaccine experts have revised their global Covid-19 vaccination…

By Nadia Kounang The biotech company BTNX says it is shipping out new test strips this week that detect the presence of xylazine, an animal sedative…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide, but the pendulum has swung back and forth about its benefits and…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Four sea otters in California have died from a rare strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite that scientists said could pose…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Everyone benefits when there is less air pollution, but it pays off more for older communities with high poverty rates and…

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins, Habiba says she is “terrified” by the thought of fasting this year.…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Many of the first responders who helped fight the fire that erupted after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The rate of children diagnosed with autism in the United States has been growing steadily since 2000, but two new reports…

By Janelle Chavez, CNN People who are vaccinated or who take Paxlovid during a Covid-19 infection have a lower risk of developing long Covid, new…

By Kyla Russell, CNN Black and Hispanic adults in the US are less likely than White adults to get statins, medications that prevent or treat common…

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Consider three hypothetical women in their mid-70s, all living alone in identical economic circumstances with…

By Janelle Chavez, CNN Clinical cases of Candida auris, an emerging fungus considered an urgent threat, nearly doubled in 2021, according to new data…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Are your birth control pills ruining your sex life? Maybe, experts say — but it’s complicated. When comedian…

By Janelle Chavez, CNN A rare strain of bacteria found in recalled eyedrops has been linked to dozens of infections, as well as cases of vision loss,…

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Effie Schnacky was wheezy and lethargic instead of being her normal, rambunctious self one February afternoon. When her…

By Janelle Chavez, CNN Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 16-1 on Thursday in support of full approval of Paxlovid, stating that…

By Annette Choi and Will Mullery, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Closely following a Mediterranean diet may cut a woman’s risk of heart disease and death by nearly 25%, according to a…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The mortality rate for children and teens in the United States surged in 2020 and 2021, driven not by deaths from Covid-19…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first national drinking water standard for “forever…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Are you ready to move your clocks forward by an hour? That’s right — for most people in the United States, it’s…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is monitoring what experts say is the deadliest outbreak of bird flu that the US has ever seen, and…

By Andrea Kane, CNN Is the internet — and all that goes along with it: the screens, the technology, the apps — good or bad? That’s been the…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A new recommendation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says all adults should be screened at least once…