Opioid Crisis Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at conjoined twins. Conjoined twins are physically connected to one another at some point on…
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By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an additional death and six more cases of vision…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at cholera, an acute diarrheal infection that has killed thousands of people worldwide. Facts…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old California Democrat who was diagnosed with shingles in…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Signs urging everyone to mask up have largely disappeared from places like grocery stores and schools in the…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old California Democrat who was diagnosed with shingles in…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old California Democrat who was diagnosed with shingles in…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 110,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2022, according to early estimates…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about sarin, a man-made nerve agent developed for chemical warfare. Facts…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration’s independent vaccine advisers voted Thursday in favor of recommending…
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Amid growing concern that the United States could face a rise in mpox cases this summer, three new studies…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration’s independent vaccine advisers voted Thursday in favor of recommending…
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Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for…
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By Elizabeth Cohen and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — In January, as a 28th birthday present to herself, Mariah Marsh got herself sterilized. Five…
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By David G. Allan, CNN (CNN) — To some degree or other, most spouses are vaguely aware of an inequity in household work and responsibilities…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, known as APHIS, said it…
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By Elizabeth Cohen and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — In January, as a 28th birthday present to herself, Mariah Marsh got herself sterilized. Five…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A genetic tendency toward certain forms of higher blood pressure and cholesterol is linked to a potential…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Depression is more widespread than ever in the United States, according to a new report from Gallup. About…
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Leading heart health organizations are urging schools and parents to teach young children life-saving skills…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — In a veterinary lab in North Carolina, Woofus, a 15-year-old basset hound mix, is allowing researchers to attach…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A genetic tendency toward certain forms of higher blood pressure and cholesterol is linked to a potential…
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Five Texas residents became ill with suspected cases of fungal meningitis after traveling to Matamoros, Mexico,…
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — It’s time to add to your list of reasons to work out: Getting active could help prevent risk of death from…
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — There are more new cases of chronic pain among US adults than other common long-term conditions like…
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Pfizer’s vaccine to protect newborns from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, by vaccinating their moms late in pregnancy cuts the risk that…
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By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The National Institutes of Health is now enrolling participants to test an experimental universal influenza…
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — There is mounting concern among some US lawmakers about the nation’s ongoing shortage of health-care…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If you are pregnant and use any form of cannabis product, consider stopping. That’s the takeaway from a new…
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Researchers working to unlock the secrets of Alzheimer’s disease say they’ve been given a major clue that…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Divisive views on the Covid-19 vaccines haven’t shaken the broadly favorable views of routine childhood…
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN Researchers working to unlock the secrets of Alzheimer’s disease say they’ve been given a major clue that could…
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising the alarm about the potential risk for new cases of mpox,…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Signs urging everyone to mask up have largely disappeared from places like grocery stores and schools in the third year of…
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN For people who have managed anxiety or depression with antidepressants, pregnancy can seem like a terrifying choice between…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Footprints left on a beach. Air breathed in a busy room. Ocean water. Scientists have been able to collect and analyze detailed…
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN A Gerber infant formula under voluntary recall for possible contamination with a germ that can seriously sicken babies was…
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By Casey Barber, CNN Fresh produce is popping out of the ground, and farmers markets are opening across the country, with tables stacked high.…
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By Katie Hunt and Sandee LaMotte, CNN Don’t use sugar substitutes if you are trying to lose weight, according to new guidance from the World…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Marines who were stationed at Camp Lejeune had a 70% higher risk of Parkinson’s disease than veterans who served at a…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is no longer available in the United States, according to the US Centers…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic hit a major milestone this month as public health emergency declarations were ended by both the…
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By David G. Allan, CNN Roughly 24 million, or one-third of all American children under age 18, are living with an unmarried parent, according to a…
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By David G. Allan, CNN To some degree or other, most spouses are vaguely aware of an inequity in household work and responsibilities that often falls…
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by Brenda Goodman The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extensively updated its ventilation guidance on helping prevent indoor…
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new type of drug to treat hot flashes and night sweats during…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronauts have been adjusting to the challenges of sleeping in space for years — and the lessons learned from their zero…
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN Most parents wouldn’t be thrilled with the idea of their kids getting hooked up to an IV bag filled with trillions of…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN As the US faces a near-record number of drug shortages, cancer treatments are among the hardest hit. There is an active…
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN Most parents wouldn’t be thrilled with the idea of their kids getting hooked up to an IV bag filled with trillions of…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN In a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, lawmakers were highly critical of the US Food and Drug Administration’s…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting the first known cases of an antifungal-resistant ringworm in…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN During the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health-related visits to emergency departments rose sharply among children and…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Adults who have obstructive sleep apnea have up to an 75% increased risk, on average, of developing long Covid after a…
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By Jamie Gumbrecht and Carma Hassan, CNN The World Health Organization declared on Thursday the mpox outbreak is no longer a global health emergency.…
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN When Barbara Brigham was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2020, the odds were not in her favor. Pancreatic cancer…
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday paved the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood by finalizing new…
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A new report says there was a “sharp increase” in violence at abortion clinics in 2022, the year when Roe v. Wade…
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The national public health emergency around Covid-19 officially ends in the United States on Thursday, May 11, more than three…
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The national public health emergency around Covid-19 officially ends in the United States on Thursday, May 11, more than three…
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A “peanut patch” showed promising results in a late-phase clinical trial in toddlers with peanut allergies,…
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A “peanut patch” showed promising results in a late-phase clinical trial in toddlers with peanut allergies,…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Uncontrolled sleep apnea — a disorder in which people stop breathing for 10 seconds or more at a time multiple times a night…
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By Carma Hassan, CNN Advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in support of making the birth-control pill…
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By Carma Hassan, CNN Advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in support of making the birth-control pill…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have pieced together a new draft of the human genome that better captures humanity’s genetic diversity. The new…
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By Terry Ward, CNN There was a time when Juliana Olarte, a 26-year-old travel publicist living in New York City, couldn’t figure out where she…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Around one-third of people globally live with chronic pain — pain experienced for more than three months — and millions of…
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN As the expiration of the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration approaches, the US Drug Enforcement Administration has…
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By Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Sealy, CNN When Caitlyn Pace moved from the United States to Hong Kong three years ago to take a teaching job, she…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is no longer available in the United States, according to the US Centers…
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By Lauren Lee, CNN May 10 is World Lupus Day, an annual global event spotlighting the complex disease and ways to improve quality of life for those…
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By Jacqueline Howard and Jeremy Diamond, CNN San Francisco International Airport has launched a program with the US Centers for Disease Control and…
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Black and Hispanic people who grew up in Chicago were exposed to gun violence at a “significantly and persistently higher…
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Preventive Services Task Force is proposing that all women at average risk of breast cancer start screening at age…
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Adults in their 20s and 30s with mental disorders have a higher chance of having a heart attack or stroke, according to a…
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By Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN US health officials may soon ask states to notify them of any cases of infants with serious infections…
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By Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Sealy, CNN When Caitlyn Pace moved from the United States to Hong Kong three years ago to take a teaching job, she…
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The American Psychological Association is calling for teens to undergo training before they enter the sometimes fun but…
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Preventive Services Task Force is proposing that all women at average risk of breast cancer start screening at age…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Sleeping poorly due to job stress? That may be due to a lack of support from coworkers and higher-ups, a new study found.…
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By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent After more than three very long years, it’s finally happening: The Covid-19 pandemic is…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fatal overdoses involving fentanyl have surged in recent years in the US and new research shows that deaths among children…
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By Lisa Drayer, CNN When you’re thirsty and in need of a drink, which beverages are best at keeping you hydrated? Sure, you can always reach…
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced last week that a medication developed to treat diabetes, tirzepatide, also had a…
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By Mayumi Maruyama, CNN You cannot carry heavy things. You should sleep more. No working. No household chores. And the list goes on as Carol Chan…
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By Paradise Afshar and Nadia Kounang, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Friday to consumers and health providers to…
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By Brenda Goodman and Betsy Klein, CNN In March, the White House reached out to about a dozen Covid-19 experts who are closely following the…
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By Brenda Goodman and Betsy Klein, CNN In March, the White House reached out to about a dozen Covid-19 experts who are closely following the…
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By Carma Hassan, John Bonifield and Jennifer Feldman, CNN After a spate of student illnesses prompted the temporary closure of a Detroit school, the…
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN When the US public health emergency ends May 11, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have to change some of…
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said…
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced last week that a medication developed to treat diabetes, tirzepatide, also had a…
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The United States is facing what some experts are calling “a new era for bird flu.” Since January 2022, the…
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN Novo Nordisk, maker of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, said it would limit supply of starter doses as demand outpaces the…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, according to provisional data from the US…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, according to provisional data from the US…
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN For three years now, the expansion of telehealth has made care more accessible for many people, especially those in rural…
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By Nadia Kounang and Amanda Sealy, CNN A team of doctors in Boston successfully performed a novel fetal surgery to treat a rare brain condition known…
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