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By Nadia Kounang, CNN Patients with even a mild case of Covid-19 may experience accelerated aging of the brain and other changes to it, according to a new study. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature, is believed to be the largest of its kind. It found that the brains of those who had

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The global Covid-19 death toll surpassed 6 million on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Global daily deaths have been dropping quickly over the past month, down from about 11,000 a day in the second week of February to about 7,000 a day now — one of the lowest

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The global Covid-19 death toll surpassed 6 million on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Global daily deaths have been dropping quickly over the past month, down from about 11,000 a day in the second week of February to about 7,000 a day now — one of the lowest

By Jaclyn Greenberg, CNN A few weeks shy of giving birth to my middle child, I went to what I thought was a routine ultrasound appointment near my local hospital. Later that afternoon, my son was born and whisked away to the newborn intensive care unit. My husband and I were shocked to learn that

By Elizabeth Cohen and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN From the very beginning of his presidency, Joe Biden has pledged to make sure communities hit hardest by Covid-19 will receive sound information about the virus and access to vaccinations. “Equity (and) equality” remain “at the heart” of the government’s responsibility, Biden said at a White House briefing

By Jen Christensen, CNN While the pandemic is not over, experts say the US may be in for, at the very least, a “near normal” spring and summer, based on new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. “I think the move from pandemic to endemic appears to be accelerating,” said Dr. William Schaffner,

By Jen Christensen, CNN While the pandemic is not over, experts say the US may be in for, at the very least, a “near normal” spring and summer, based on new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. “I think the move from pandemic to endemic appears to be accelerating,” said Dr. William Schaffner,

By Kristen Rogers, CNN You might have heard that strengthening exercises most benefit your muscular and skeletal health, but they could have two other big perks: helping you prevent disease and live longer. Now we may know how much time to spend on those exercises, according to new research published Monday in the British Journal

By Matt Villano, CNN Two years into a pandemic with a war in Ukraine and gun violence in schools, churches and synagogues, students at a tiny rural California elementary school are offering free pep talks for everyone. The inspiring messages, a series of bilingual recordings accessed by phone, went live February 26. Dubbed the “Peptoc

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hiccups. Everyone has a cure, and everyone insists theirs is the best. But when they try to pass it along to others, the home remedy can be hit or miss. For something that impacts almost everyone, there are some surprisingly large gaps in information about hiccups, said Dr. Ali Seifi, director

By Michael Nedelman and John Bonifield, CNN The office of US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a request Thursday for information surrounding health misinformation, seeking input and data from tech companies, health care providers and community organizations. The request seeks to understand the scope and impact of misinformation on Covid-19 — especially when it

By Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Most people in the United States now live in counties where those who are healthy no longer need to wear masks, but there are still about 472 counties nationwide where mask-wearing is recommended, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida’s

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Struggling to sleep? Put some muscle into your efforts by adding resistance training, otherwise known as weight training, to your weekly exercise routine. In fact, resistance training may even beat aerobic exercise in the race for best sleep aid, according to a new preliminary study presented Thursday at the American Heart

By Megan Marples, CNN Mask mandates may be lifting in many parts of the United States, but don’t ditch your face coverings just yet. Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled new mask guidelines that varied depending on your Covid-19 community level. If you live in a low- or medium-risk area,

by Brenda Goodman An Omicron-like variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 — one that appears to be highly divergent from circulating strains and sticks out on a long branch of the virus’ family tree — has been discovered in a population of white-tailed deer in Ontario, Canada, according to a new study. The same

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Drug overdose death rates in the United States soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a new study suggests that Black and brown communities were hit hardest. Black people had the largest percentage increase in overdose death rates in 2020 — overtaking the rate among White people for the first time since

By Katia Hetter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new measure for determining Covid-19 community levels. According to these new metrics that now take into account hospitalizations and hospital capacity in addition to infection numbers, nearly 70% of the United States population resides in areas where masks are no

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Russia’s attack on Ukraine has caused international outrage, and people around the world are feeling the stress and fear of watching the violence and wondering what will come next. That includes your children. With so many images of violence and so few answers, your kids likely are aware of the fighting

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Many vaccinated kids experienced breakthrough infections during the Omicron surge, though protection against hospitalization remained stronger, a large new government-funded study found. The study compared the vaccination of status of children ages 5 to 17 who were treated for Covid-19 symptoms emergency departments, urgent care centers and hospitals across 10 states

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Entering menopause before age 40 is linked to a 35% higher risk of developing dementia later in life, a preliminary study finds. Premature menopause, as it is called, occurs when a woman’s ovaries stop creating hormones and the menstrual cycle ends by age 40. That’s about a dozen years earlier than

By Amanda Sealy and Deidre McPhillips, CNN As the United States emerges from the Omicron wave, Covid-19 testing has slowed to a fraction of what it was at the beginning of the year. In mid-January, as daily case counts reached their peak, about 2.5 million tests were processed each day in the United States. Now,

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Most adults in the United States agree that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed, but they’re divided over concerns and expectations for what’s next, according to a survey published Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. At this stage of the pandemic, opinions on masking and other restrictions aimed to

By Megan Marples, CNN Some 80% of parents say they know little to nothing about CBD products, according to a new poll by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at the University of Michigan Health. The term CBD stands for cannabidiol, a chemical compound found in marijuana and hemp, the report said.

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The overall number of babies born in the United States continues to follow a downward trend but “may be returning to pre-pandemic levels” now, a new federal report suggests. US births dropped 2% in the first half of 2021 compared with the year prior, according to the new National Center for

By Steve Almasy, CNN Abbott Nutrition is recalling some lots of Similac PM 60/40 powdered infant formula due to another report of a dangerous bacterial infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration are investigating reports and complaints of infant illness related to formula from Abbott’s facility in

By Brenda Goodman, CNN The effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge, especially among children ages 5 to 11, but was still protective against severe disease, according to new data from the New York State Department of Health. Within one month of being fully vaccinated, effectiveness of the