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By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Warmer weather is finally here in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it, many pools and beaches are opening for the…

CNN By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Warmer weather is finally here in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it, many pools and beaches are opening for…

By Dana Santas, CNN With fitness culture too often celebrating extreme training and a “no days off” mentality, rest is routinely misunderstood or…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A group of experts who advise the US Food and Drug Administration on its vaccine decisions voted unanimously…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — “Back in my day,” some grandparents say to their adult children, “we didn’t let our kids speak…

Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt (CNN) — When I learned that former President Joe Biden had not undergone prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening since…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded…

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

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Don’t like having your period? Hormonal birth control can be used for more than just preventing pregnancy…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The supply of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes treatment is expected to tighten this week with a…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the…

By Brenda Goodman, Sarah Owermohle, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The announcement Sunday that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer has some…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Only one fourth of sunscreens on store shelves in the United States deliver safe and effective protection…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer has understandably raised concerns and…

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Every night, Lauren Finney Harden and her husband would awaken to the cries of their first-born daughter, and…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — After a six-week delay, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine,…

By Jen Christensen, Amanda Sealy, Nadia Kounang, CNN There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re…

CNN By Jen Christensen, Amanda Sealy, Nadia Kounang, CNN There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re…

CNN Text by Madeline Holcombe and video by Lacey Russell, Jocelyn Contreras and McKenna Ewen, CNN ATLANTA (CNN) — Electric guitar swells in the…

Text by Madeline Holcombe and video by Lacey Russell, Jocelyn Contreras and McKenna Ewen, CNN ATLANTA (CNN) — Electric guitar swells in the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has given marketing clearance to a blood test to help diagnose…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — You’ve probably heard the stories: For every man who has cut carbs from his diet and dropped 10 pounds,…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Arguments often feel urgent no matter what’s going on for some of the couples Dr. Samantha Rodman Whiten sees…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Florida has become the second state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water.…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles County is facing a community-wide outbreak of the contagious virus hepatitis A, citing a sustained…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Samples of store-bought rice from more than 100 different brands purchased in the United States contained…

By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Throughout more than two decades of developing new recipes as “Hungry Girl,” Lisa Lillien has amassed quite the…

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers repeatedly pressed US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on canceled medical…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — We already know exercise is good for our bodies, but it’s also an essential tool for managing mental health. Yet many…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but over months of treatment,…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — With the future of her cancer treatment in limbo, Natalie Phelps doesn’t know how much longer she can wait.…

By Connor Greene, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture has suspended the transport of live cattle, horses and bison through ports of…

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Long working hours might not just be bad for you, they could also be altering the structure of your brain, a new…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration says it is starting the process to remove prescription fluoride tablets and…

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

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — You’ve heard the rule: No TV before bed. But many people find that it helps them fall asleep if they listen…

By Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Fewer nights out with friends, more take-out meals, less theatergoing. Americans are spending more time alone…

By Sara Sidner, CNN (CNN) — Tina Knowles remembers growing up in a loving and raucous family of nine. She was the youngest of seven children.…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Measles cases continue to accumulate in the United States in what is already the second-worst year since the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — To get screened for cervical cancer, patients in the United States may no longer need to put their feet in…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved three new color additives from natural sources “that will…

By Francesca Giuliani Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Few things are as impressive to dinner party guests as a perfectly executed à la minute pasta dish.…

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Getting the shingles vaccine could do more than just prevent a painful red rash — it may also lower the risk…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — While cinnamon is a popular spice used added to many foods, it has a long history of uses in traditional medicine…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A priceless treasure trove of biodata gathered from generations of Americans by Harvard University researchers…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 measles cases have been reported in the United States in 2025, according to a CNN tally. This…

CNN, CDC By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 measles cases have been reported in the United States in 2025, according to a CNN…

By Kaitlan Collins, Sarah Owermohle and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The White House announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump is…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Eating about a dozen servings of ultraprocessed food each day could more than double your risk of developing…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — American adults say sticker shock at the grocery store is making it harder for them to have a healthy diet,…

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Dentists in Utah can tell rather quickly whether their patients grew up in the Salt Lake City area or in a…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The foods you pack in your kids’ lunch boxes may have an impact on whether they experience their first…

By Sarah Owermohle and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has named Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, to…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Using marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor fetal development, low infant birth weight, dangerously early…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Spill didn’t cry when she was diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer at age 28. She held her emotions…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Some Americans are still not doing their due diligence when it comes to washing their hands. That’s according…

By Ian Kerner, CNN (CNN) — Do you walk around resenting your partner? Do you dread coming home from work as much as, if not more than, going to…

Personal essay by Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN (CNN) — It was the first day that felt like spring in New Hampshire, and college students swarmed…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new list of measures targeting per- and polyfluoroalkyl…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US…

By Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The public health practice of adding fluoride to drinking water is facing heavy scrutiny from the Trump…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly…

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to karma, most people believe the universe is their own personal cheerleader — but an exacting…

By Jen Christensen and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a 400-page review of…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in…

By Deidre McPhillips and Connor Greene, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has named overdose prevention among its top drug policy…

By Katherine Dillinger and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in Florida approved a bill to prohibit certain additives in drinking water,…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As artificial food dyes are becoming increasingly restricted at state and federal levels, some manufacturers are…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There is happiness, and then there is flourishing. And as new research has found, having one doesn’t always…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo,…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Imagine your dad was a bully. If so, when you were a child, he might have withheld affection and warmth and…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Milwaukee will temporarily close two more school buildings as the city works to address a lead crisis in its…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — As you add more ultraprocessed foods to your diet, your risk of a premature death from any cause rises,…

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — When she was married, Carly and her husband didn’t fight much. When things started to go downhill in her marriage,…

By Meg Tirrell and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has discussed with vaccine-maker Novavax the need for an…

By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Peek inside Jackie Akerberg’s refrigerator and you’ll see a rainbow-hued array of fresh fruits and vegetables,…

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Gwyneth Paltrow says she has moved away from her yearslong strict Paleo diet and is venturing back into carbs and…

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — If your knees hurt, your first instinct is probably to blame them. But in many cases, knee pain isn’t about the…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is considering eliminating the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline’s…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — In an abrupt reversal, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it no longer plans…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Measles could become endemic in the United States if routine childhood vaccination rates continue to decline,…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Concerned that the nation’s health leadership is casting unfounded doubt on the safety of well-studied vaccines…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Ivermectin can now be purchased in Idaho just like Tylenol or ibuprofen, without the need for a prescription,…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Zahydie Burgos Ribot and her husband, Francisco Rios, are checking items off their travel bucket list and…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — How you manage a cluster of health conditions known as metabolic syndrome could have a big impact on whether…

By Eryn Mathewson, CNN (CNN) — When she was 3 weeks old, the left side of Addison McArthur’s heart stopped functioning, and she was put on…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The United States has seen progress in reducing certain cancer risks, as overall smoking rates remain on a…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — As a measles outbreak centered in West Texas continues to grow, a new poll finds that a growing share of…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Air pollution levels keep getting worse for more people in the US, according to a new report, and experts say…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Women in the United States are less likely to have babies than ever before, but key figures in the Trump…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration plans to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the US food…

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Legalization of cannabis products may be linked to growing use among teens, a new study found. Teen use of…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — At most places Melissa Valliant goes when dining out, she carries in her backpack a set of reusable flatware —…