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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, for surgery, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. One person died, and four others are hospitalized. In a travel advisory, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged patients

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 the flu and pneumonia, according to new research. Meeting the physical activity guidelines for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity reduces risk of dying from influenza and pneumonia by 48%,

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Divisive views on the Covid-19 vaccines haven’t shaken the broadly favorable views of routine childhood vaccines, a new survey suggests. Nearly nine out of 10 adults in the US say that the benefits of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines outweigh the risks – a share that’s remained

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Researchers working to unlock the secrets of Alzheimer’s disease say they’ve been given a major clue that could help protect people at risk for this type of dementia. A man who seemed fated to develop memory loss in his 40s or 50s, based on family history, kept normal function for decades

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 the Covid-19 pandemic. But they remain in many medical offices, and a study published Monday says they might still be a good idea. Even after the expiration of the US

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 post across the country, a new study found. The difference may have been in the Camp Lejeune vets’ exposure to a chemical known as trichloroethylene (TCE), a ubiquitous environmental contaminant,

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic hit a major milestone this month as public health emergency declarations were ended by both the United States government and the World Health Organization. Emergency declarations for mpox also recently ended. This doesn’t mean Covid-19 and mpox are no longer of concern, but it does mark the end

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 2018 Pew Research Center analysis of US Census Bureau data. And 81% of those single parent homes are headed by a mom. This has been a growing trend since

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 along gender fault lines. In heterosexual marriages, even when wives earn about the same as their husbands or more, they are likely to spend more time on housework and

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 menopause. Veozah, or fezolinetant, made by Astellas Pharma, is the first approved neurokinin 3 (NK3) antagonist. It blocks receptors in the brain that play a role in the regulation

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 years after it was first declared. This comes as the World Health Organization announced last week that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency. What does all this mean about

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A “peanut patch” showed promising results in a late-phase clinical trial in toddlers with peanut allergies, according to a new study. Researchers from the French biopharmaceutical firm DBV Technologies and institutions around the world conducted randomized double-blind trial of the Viaskin Peanut patch in children ages 1 through 3 years old

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 — may harm future brain health, a new study found. It’s estimated 936 million adults worldwide between the ages of 30 and 69 may suffer from sleep apnea,

By Jacqueline Howard and Jeremy Diamond, CNN San Francisco International Airport has launched a program with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to test wastewater from airplanes for traces of emerging coronavirus variants. Traces of the virus that causes Covid-19 can be detected in people’s feces when they are infected, even if they

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Black and Hispanic people who grew up in Chicago were exposed to gun violence at a “significantly and persistently higher rate” by age 40 than their White counterparts, a new report shows. The findings were published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open and stem from a survey that followed the

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 40 to reduce their risk of dying from the disease, according to a new draft recommendation statement. It’s an update to the 2016 recommendation, in which the task force recommended

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. However, receiving improved psychological and social support at your job allows you to more easily shut off from the workday, thus giving you precious downtime to de-stress and

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 explained her postpartum instructions for new mom Taylor Richard. Chan is a “pui yuet,” also called a confinement nanny, who lives with families after a baby is born. She

By Paradise Afshar and Nadia Kounang, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Friday to consumers and health providers to discontinue using and discard recalled Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Tests made by SD Biosensor, Inc. over “significant concerns” of bacterial contamination. SD Biosensor is recalling all impacted tests, which were distributed by

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 evolution of the coronavirus to ask a simple question: What did they think were the chances of the world seeing a highly mutated variant, akin to Omicron, within the next

By Carma Hassan, John Bonifield and Jennifer Feldman, CNN After a spate of student illnesses prompted the temporary closure of a Detroit school, the district says two students were diagnosed with the bacterial illness Haemophilus influenzae. Two students at Marcus Garvey Academy were diagnosed with H. flu, Chrystal Wilson, assistant superintendent of communications with the

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 company’s manufacturing capacity. The supply interruptions aren’t expected to affect higher doses of the medicine for people who already take the drug, the company said in a statement posted Thursday on

By Kristen Rogers, CNN For three years now, the expansion of telehealth has made care more accessible for many people, especially those in rural areas. Patients have been able to receive prescriptions from providers without seeing them in person. But that may change come May 11 when the federal government is set to end the

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 as vein of Galen malformation. Although in utero surgery — performed before a baby is born — has been used for other conditions, this ultrasound-guided procedure was among the

By Meg Tirrell, CNN An experimental Alzheimer’s medication slowed declines in patients’ ability to think clearly and perform daily tasks by more than a third in a large clinical trial, drugmaker Eli Lilly said Wednesday. Based on the results, in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, Lilly said it plans to file for approval from

By Elizabeth Cohen, Carma Hassan and Amanda Musa, CNN A Florida woman, unable to get an abortion in her state, carried to term a baby who had no kidneys. Deborah Dorbert’s son Milo died in her arms on March 3, shortly after he was born, just as her doctors had predicted he would. “He gasped

By Jessica DuLong, CNN Come spring, avid gardeners dig into the new growing season ready with careful cultivation plans they dreamed up over long winters. But even city-dwelling non-planners can benefit from year-round botanical bounty. They just need to learn what, where and how to harvest the wild foods growing in lawns, parks and scrubby

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory Tuesday addressing the “epidemic of loneliness and isolation” affecting the country and laying out a framework for a “National Strategy to Advance Social Connection.” The advisory is part of the Biden administration’s broader efforts to address mental health, White House press secretary

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Investigators have identified Gold Medal flour as the source of a salmonella outbreak that has infected at least 13 people in 12 states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. General Mills announced last week that it’s recalling 2-, 5- and 10-pound bags of bleached and unbleached all-purpose

By Katherine Dillinger and Nadia Kounang, CNN The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is investigating two hospitals that “did not offer necessary stabilizing care to an individual experiencing an emergency medical condition, in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA),” according to a letter from US Health and Human Services Secretary

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Health officials in Michigan said 109 cases of the rare fungal infection blastomycosis have been linked to a paper mill in Escanaba, an increase of five cases since the last update a week ago. Among the 109 cases, 13 have been hospitalized, and one death was previously reported. All the cases