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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the US Food and Drug Administration, appeared to break with her boss on Thursday, strongly stating that the MMR vaccine was “not lethal” as Trump has claimed and that it is safe, effective and “our best tool right now in the

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — Whether you’re heading into a pickleball match, a strength-training session or out to do yard work, it’s easy to treat warming up as an optional few minutes of stretching before the “real” activity begins.But a warm-up isn’t about simply making you feel looser. Consider it a part of the

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Most people don’t worry about their cardiovascular health until they get older. But strokes, one type of cardiovascular disease, in young adults are steadily on the rise — and have nearly doubled in the last three decades, according to a new study.“Stroke is a very devastating disease at any

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Candi Wilmot and her 9-year-old daughter Adeline were at the theater watching “Snow White,” the 2025 live-action remake of the beloved 1937 Disney animated classic, when the film suddenly became personal.“It should have been a fun mother-daughter experience, but it wasn’t at all,” said Wilmot, who has type 1

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Nearly seven years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Brian P. Lee has seen signs that rates of alcohol use had finally begun to drop.Lee, a hepatologist and liver transplant specialist with Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, hopes the data is true of the general

By Brenda Goodman, Jacqueline Howard and Michal Ruprecht, CNN (CNN) — Ibogaine, a psychoactive compound made from the roots of an African shrub, has been gaining popularity as a treatment for opioid and cocaine addiction. There is a new emphasis on research into ibogaine, although it is currently illegal to possess or prescribe it in

By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The book was wrong, my 4-year-old insisted as we read about bugs before bed. “Cockroaches lay hundreds of eggs, not millions,” he said, displaying wisdom beyond his years.“Oh!” I said. “Did you ask Siri, baby?”Surely, Siri was the only thing he knew how to operate.“Siri is really only

CNN, POOL, WAYMO, OPENAI.COM, CISCO YT, DONALD J. TRUMP, TRUTH SOCIAL By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The book was wrong, my 4-year-old insisted as we read about bugs before bed. “Cockroaches lay hundreds of eggs, not millions,” he said, displaying wisdom beyond his years. “Oh!” I said. “Did you ask Siri, baby?” Surely,

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — There was that time I was struggling to carry a mattress over my head and walked into a wall. There was also a view of me trimming my nose hairs somehow captured as I was getting ready for work.Throughout their teenage years, my sons secretly filmed me in my

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After the collapse came the dust. It billowed across Lower Manhattan in the wake of the 2001 World Trade Center terror attacks, turning people into ghosts as they trudged to safety.It blew into buildings through broken windows and air intakes, settling into carpets, curtains and upholstery and leaving a

By Deidre McPhillips, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is planning to recommend that certain childhood immunizations be broken up into five separate shots, each with a “small amount of the vaccine.” These “20% doses” would each be given six months apart, he said.“Instead of a child going

By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — One-third of women in the United States have struggled to get doctors to take their symptoms seriously, according to a new survey. And of those women, more than half said their health issues have affected their work and homelives.Many Americans have inadequate access to quality healthcare, said Stephanie Marken,

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Brad Pitt’s recent revelation that he’s drinking again in “a more restrained manner,” after seven years of sobriety following heavy drinking, sparked intense pushback. The actor’s past behavior aside, the larger controversy was in challenging the long-held idea that someone who struggled with alcohol in the past can’t ever

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Amid the worst measles outbreak in the US in decades, a surge that’s been driven largely by unvaccinated people, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received a standing ovation Thursday at the conference of the anti-vaccine advocacy group Children’s Health Defense, where he gave the

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The federal government approved updated Covid-19 vaccines for the 2026-27 respiratory virus season last month, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet made these vaccines available through a key federal program that covers access for about half of US children.The Vaccines for Children program

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Smoking cigarettes doesn’t just cause lung cancer. The toxic smoke affects nearly every organ in the body — yet some of its most serious consequences may be less widely recognized.Smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes, and exposure to secondhand smoke puts people

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A fourth person with measles has died in Pennsylvania, the state announced Tuesday — marking the first time in decades the United States has recorded so many deaths in a single year.Measles deaths have been extremely rare in the United States because most people are protected by a highly

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing wasn’t the first time much of the American public met Dr. Nicole Saphier and heard her perspective; President Donald Trump’s nominee for US surgeon general is a health and wellness influencer who has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers through her podcast and social media

By Amanda Schupak, CNN The secret is out: Eating whole grains is good for you.Extensive research in the past two decades has shown that a diet rich in whole grains is associated with lower risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes and helps people maintain a healthy weight.In a

By Jamie Gumbrecht, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania has reported a fourth death related to measles, the latest in a growing outbreak that has also sparked ongoing political clashes.It has been decades since the United States has tallied this number of measles deaths; 1992 was the last time there were four measles deaths in

By Cordilia James, CNN (CNN) — Since April, Matthew Juhren has spent up to 75 hours a week working remotely from his home office near Portland, Oregon. He spends most of that time alone.“The solitude of it all is new and different,” Juhren said, “and for an extroverted person, it can be difficult at times.”Spending

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A 40-year-old woman who lived in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has died from measles complications, the county coroner confirmed Sunday. It’s the third measles-associated death in a fast-growing outbreak that’s sparked a political clash between state and federal officials.The woman died Saturday, according to a news release from the Jefferson

CNN By Lauren DePino, CNN (CNN) — Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles knows what it’s like to live in fear of her grief eating her alive. “I felt like I would dissolve, like it was too much feeling,” Bareilles told me of the deluge of grief she’d been enduring. Not only had she lost two close friends

By Lauren DePino, CNN (CNN) — Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles knows what it’s like to live in fear of her grief eating her alive.“I felt like I would dissolve, like it was too much feeling,” Bareilles told me of the deluge of grief she’d been enduring. Not only had she lost two close friends to cancer

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that exposure to rabies appears to be on the rise across the country.From July through August, the agency received 17% more rabies-related inquiries than in the same time period last year, including reports of mass exposure events, according to

By Jacqueline Howard, Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that this summer’s outbreak of cyclosporiasis tied to iceberg lettuce has ended, as of Friday, marking a significant public health moment.The federal update, released Friday morning, adds that while the outbreak is over, the US Food and

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic says it has blocked multiple accounts that used the company’s artificial intelligence models in ways that could support the development of biological weapons.In a report published Thursday, the AI company known for its Claude model said it considers biological misuse one of the “most serious risks” to artificial

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Young children explore the world by touching, tasting and putting things in their mouths. That curiosity can become dangerous when something that looks like an ordinary candy or cookie contains cannabis.In the United States, accidental ingestions of recreational drugs have surged by more than 3,300% among children younger than

By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — A study of nearly a million people has found new evidence to suggest that drinking scalding hot coffees and teas could significantly increase a person’s risk of getting cancer in their esophagus.Drinking these beverages very hot, rather than warm, is associated with a three-fold risk of esophageal cancer,

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Even a small amount of light exposure during sleep may change the shape and function of heart muscles, increasing the risk of future heart disease, a new study found.“Light pollution has emerged as a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease,” said senior study author Dr. Lu Qi, the HCA