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

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Contrary to worries among some doctors and the public, drinking coffee may actually protect your heart instead of causing or…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 cases in the United States have fallen more than 95% from their peak in January, and on Friday, Hawaii will become…

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 Elizabeth Cohen and Danielle Herman, CNN Soon after the US Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to Evusheld, a new drug to prevent…

By Megan Marples, CNN You sit down at your desk and are about to start your workday when a coworker saunters up to you. After 20 minutes of chatting,…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the company running a plant at the center of a baby formula recall…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Pfizer has issued a recall for a high blood pressure medication distributed under three names, according to the company.…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Having high cholesterol and blood sugar in your 30s may raise your risk for Alzheimer’s disease decades later in life,…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The Omicron coronavirus variant may be reaching around the world, but different places are seeing significantly different…

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 Jessica DuLong, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates fall, doctors and patients are sifting through the wreckage of symptoms left behind. Shortness of…

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 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 Madeline Holcombe, CNN When you hear “diet culture,” you probably think of models, movies and magazines. But it’s much too…

By Jen Christensen and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US public and even some health experts may have underestimated the Covid-19 vaccine made by…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you think or know a loved one has an eating disorder, supporting that person can be game-changing for them. Eating…

By Jen Christensen, CNN A month after the US Food and Drug Administration delayed key steps toward authorizing Covid-19 vaccines for children under…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, may increase the risk of asthma among school-age girls, according…

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 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Continuing to face attacks from Russian forces, Ukrainian hospitals are strained by growing numbers of casualties and finite…

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 Sandee LaMotte, CNN What are your sleep myths and facts? You know, the things you are absolutely sure you should do — and not do — to…