Health

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The average travel time to an abortion facility increased significantly for women in the United States after the Supreme…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN After nearly three years of the pandemic, national test scores for students aren’t where educators hoped they would…

By Jen Christensen, CNN A monoclonal antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that showed promise in a Phase 3 trial may have contributed to…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN The Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Flu season has ramped up early in the United States, and flu hospitalizations are worse than usual for this time of year,…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Amid a surge of respiratory infections, children’s hospitals across the United States are so busy that some had to set…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN In a possible warning sign for the US and other Northern Hemisphere countries, Chile’s 2022 flu season started much…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN People of color — especially Black and Hispanic people — were less likely to receive Paxlovid and other…

By Deidre McPhillips and Jacqueline Howard, CNN The United States is dealing with a unique season of respiratory virus transmission: Flu cases are on…

By Carma Hassan, CNN Monkeypox can have “devastating outcomes” on severely immunocompromised patients such as those with untreated HIV,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The social media platform TikTok has helped spread yet another potentially dangerous idea: taping your lips shut to stop mouth…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The measures that helped keep us safe from Covid-19 over the past 2½ years — lockdowns, physical distancing, wearing…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN The updated Covid-19 booster shots appear to work about as well against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants as the original…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN For nearly two decades, Kristin Friberg has been a librarian with the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, where one of…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN New ads promoting the Covid-19 vaccines are making their debut this week, targeting specific communities that have had a…

By Steve Almasy and Sara Turnbull, CNN Hundreds of students missed class Monday at a northern Virginia high school where “a number of students…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or…

By Jen Christensen, CNN In September, an 8-month-old baby came into Dr. Juanita Mora’s office in Chicago with an infection the doctor…

By Faith Karimi, CNN Eris Eady was scrolling through social media this week when she saw a news headline linking hair-straightening chemical products…

By Raja Razek, CNN As US health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of this year’s flu season, nearly half the…

By Dana Santas, CNN Many high performers across sports, business and the arts will tell you they swear by their intuitive sense. It allows them to…

By Jen Christensen and Raenu Charles, CNN When Amber Sizemore and her family went out of state to celebrate her birthday last week, she had hoped her…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Two researchers are urging health-care providers to educate and screen pregnant women about intimate partner violence, as…

By Katia Hetter, CNN Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance recommending the updated Covid-19 booster for…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Many more survivors of sexual assault are seeking emergency medical care, but still represent a fraction of all assaults…

By Chris Boyette and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A surge in respiratory illnesses among children is beginning to put a strain on hospitals. In particular,…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Abbott Nutrition plans to build a $500 million nutrition facility for specialty and metabolic infant formulas, Chairman…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine is now available in the United States for use as a first booster dose for people 18 and…

By Jacqueline Howard and Raenu Charles, CNN It has been well-known in research that Black babies are about twice as likely to die as White babies…

By Jen Christensen, CNN A large new study published provides evidence that people 50 and older who sleep five hours or less at night have a greater…