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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN At some point in our lives, we all snore. A cold or allergy can block nasal passages, a few drinks too close to bed will automatically relax tongue, palate and throat muscles — and before we know it, we’re unconsciously forcing air past those soft tissues, causing vibrations that escape as

By John Duffy, CNN After three long pandemic semesters, most parents are so happy for their tweens, teens and young adults to finally be back in school full time, with some inside-the-building face masks one of the few trappings of the pandemic remaining in their daily lives. Class is, by and large, in session and

By Sara Smart and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN An Alabama boy is just a little over 1 year old but already holds a Guinness World Record for his remarkable birth. Michelle Butler was five months pregnant with twins when she was rushed into emergency labor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital, and on

By Maggie Fox, CNN The global threat of measles has become worse after 22 million babies missed their vaccinations because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Wednesday. Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known and still kills more than 60,000 people a year, mostly young children.

By Lisa Drayer, CNN As a nutrition professional, I have always believed that you can eat intuitively. That means you can listen to your internal hunger and fullness cues, while still aiming to lose weight. The two ideas aren’t mutually exclusive in my mind, and I have often seen that successfully play out with my

By Katia Hetter, CNN As children ages 5 to 11 years old began receiving the Covid-19 vaccine last week, families across the country have been breathing a great sigh of relief. Their younger kids will soon be much better protected against the coronavirus. But will it be in time for Thanksgiving? Will we be able

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN “Saturday Night Live”‘s Cecily Strong dressed as a clown this weekend to talk about abortion. In the show’s Weekend Update segment, the actress explained the clown costume was to make the topic a little more palatable for the audience. She was introduced in light of a controversial Texas law currently being

By Amanda Sealy and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech said on Tuesday they’re seeking emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for a Covid-19 vaccine booster for all individuals age 18 and older. The companies are seeking an amendment to the existing EUA for booster doses for some adults. The companies

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Double-masking, staying at home nearly 24/7 and rarely seeing people beyond his wife are still the way of life for kidney transplant recipient Andrew Linder, even after many in the United States are living like the pandemic has ended. Health officials are recommending third and even fourth shots to boost Covid-19

By Jen Christensen, CNN When Perrysburg School Superintendent Thomas Hosler sent a survey to parents in his Toledo-area district to see how many wanted to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19, he got more than 20,000 “no” responses. His district only has 5,700 students in it. “Clearly someone spent a lot of time in their

By Maggie Fox, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic caused a 16% rise in expected deaths among the 38 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, hitting overall life expectancy in 24 out of 30 members, the organization said Tuesday. Life expectancy fell the most in Spain and the United States, the group said, with

By Jessica DuLong, CNN No one was more surprised than poet Maggie Smith that writing herself a daily pep talk during the unraveling of her 18-year marriage actually helped her feel better. Those little missives, notes-to-self tweeted out daily, resonated deeply with readers, who printed them, made them into screen savers, pinned them up on

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Covid-19 is here to stay. It’s highly unlikely that the United States, let alone the world, will be able to completely eliminate the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. But there will come a day when it’s no longer a pandemic, when cases are no longer out of control and hospitals aren’t at

By Megan Marples, CNN You’ve turned back your clocks for Daylight Saving Time, but what now? Many people look forward to that extra hour of sleep, but it’s not enough to erase chronic sleep debt, said Dr. Kannan Ramar, professor of medicine at the Center for Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN It was a big day for Sesame Street’s 5-year-old Rosita, who recently got her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. “My mommy and my papi said that it will help keep me, my friends, my neighbors, my abuela all healthy,” Rosita tells CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the

By Megan Marples, CNN Enjoy your extra hour of sleep this weekend, but don’t forget to turn back your clocks when you rise and shine Sunday morning. Daylight Saving Time is ending this Sunday, November 7, at 2 a.m. Most digital clocks and electronics automatically change the time, but some clocks may need to be

By Maggie Fox, CNN A pill to treat Covid — Pfizer and Merck both generated excitement with news they have pills that could help keep people out of the hospital if they catch coronavirus. Pfizer says its pill, which it proposes to sell under the brand name Paxlovid if it gets authorized, reduced the risk

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The biotechnology company Novavax plans to submit complete data to the US Food and Drug Administration soon for possible emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine, CEO Stanley Erck told CNN in a phone interview Friday. “We’ll have a file in the US hopefully before the end of the year,” Erck

By Nadia Kounang, CNN Jim Sells is 71, a self-described “strong conservative” who’s on social media all the time. As the pandemic unfolded in the United States, his online social network was the source of a lot of his ideas about Covid-19 and what the risks of the virus could be. It was there where

By Maggie Fox, and Amanda Sealy, CNN Drugmaker Pfizer said Friday its experimental pill designed to fight coronavirus reduced the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk patients taking part in a trial of the drug. The company hopes it can eventually offer the pill, given in combination with an older antiviral drug called ritonavir,

By Maggie Fox, CNN Even if they get a breakthrough infection, vaccinated people don’t get as sick with Covid-19, two different teams of researchers reported Thursday. Both studies show the vaccines strongly protect against severe disease and death, even months after people were first vaccinated and as the more transmissible Delta variant renewed the spread

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said Thursday it had authorized Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ oral antiviral, molnupiravir, to treat mild-to-moderate Covid-19 in adults at risk for severe illness. It is the world’s first oral antiviral to be authorized anywhere for the treatment of Covid-19. The drug comes in

By Jason Hanna, CNN Nine-year-old Parson Harrington had to isolate more than most during this pandemic — and the lung transplant recipient hopes the Covid-19 vaccine she received in Houston on Wednesday is her ticket to relief and freedom. Parson is one of numerous children ages 5-11 who lined up for a dose around the

By Maggie Fox, CNN Federal agencies updated recalls and warnings to doctors Wednesday about aromatherapy sprays that have been linked to fatal cases of a rare tropical disease. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said doctors should be on the lookout for symptoms of melioidosis — a difficult-to-diagnose infection caused by the bacteria

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Families are getting an early gift this holiday season: the chance to protect their children between the ages of 5 and 11 against Covid-19 through vaccination. For many, the winter holidays mean gathering with family and friends from near and far to share meals and quality time, situations that can quickly

By Holly Yan and David Williams, CNN When 8-year-old Nate Wittenborn saw a photo of Pfizer’s pediatric Covid-19 vaccine, he jumped up and down. “I showed him the picture, and he read the box, and I think his eyes went straight to the 5- to 11-year-old (label),” his mom Brandy Wittenborn said. “He said, ‘Wait

By Faye Chiu, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky officially gave the green light on that guidance Tuesday. This development follows the US Food and Drug Administration approval last Friday of emergency use authorization for

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Suicides in the United States decreased by 3% from 2019 to 2020, despite risk factors for suicide generally increasing, according to data published Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics — part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicides among men declined 2%, and suicides among women

By Sherry Liang, CNN A full belly makes a happy heart, but your heart will be happier if you focus on sustaining long-term habits. Heart-healthy eating starts with your eating patterns, according to the American Heart Association’s recent scientific statement, “2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health.” That doesn’t mean giving up takeout or that

By Rob Picheta, CNN At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with lockdowns; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing were strongly encouraged — if not

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The United States’ Covid-19 vaccination program for children ages 5 to 11 will be “running at full strength” next week, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said during a virtual White House briefing Monday. “While vaccinations may start later this week, the program will still be ramping up to its

By Maggie Fox, CNN It’s among parents’ top worries around kids getting vaccinated against Covid-19: Could the vaccine somehow impair their child’s future fertility? A survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation last week found that 66% of parents of 5- to 11-year-olds worried that vaccines might negatively impact children’s fertility later on. Doctors and