Health

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Forty-five percent of the world’s population is trying to shed a few pounds, according to a 2020 Ipsos poll.…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN After circulating at nearly nonexistent levels last year, influenza is increasing in most of the United States.…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Many of us spend hours a day in front of a screen. Shouldn’t it be joyful? Unfortunately, it isn’t always so…

By John Bonifield, CNN Moderna announced interim results of its Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 6 on Wednesday. The company said two…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN After weeks in free fall, new Covid-19 cases are starting to level off in the US, as the BA.2 subvariant continues its ascent.…

By Deblina Chakraborty, CNN A subvariant of Omicron, BA.2, is leading to a new wave of Covid-19 infections across Europe. Cases in the United…

By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN In 2010, doctors told Ben Sobieck, now 37, that his kidneys were inexplicably failing. Shortly after, he had a kidney transplant…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There is more we can do to make our kids feel seen, accepted and secure — and it starts with adding more terms for…

By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN The number of deaths in the US involving alcohol jumped 25.5% between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic,…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Some people with pain, anxiety or depression who obtain medical marijuana cards may overuse marijuana within a short time…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Under experimental conditions, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus survives at least twice as long on surfaces like…

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Moderna announced Thursday that it’s asked the US Food and Drug Administration for authorization for a second…

By Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN With a new version of the Omicron coronavirus variant picking up steam in the United States, as many as…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Annual drug overdose deaths have reached another record high in the United States as deaths from fentanyl and other…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re not familiar with the term “mild cognitive impairment,” you’re not the only one. More than…

By Amanda Sealy, Carma Hassan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration for…