CNN – Health

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN High blood pressure is a known risk factor for a bout of Covid-19 severe enough to raise the specter of hospitalization and…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Scientists have transfused lab-made red blood cells into a human volunteer in a world-first trial that experts say has major…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Americans are failing In their endless quest for adequate slumber, leading to deficits that can impact health, according to a…

By Ian Kerner, CNN A lot of heterosexual male clients are coming into my practice admitting they picked their partner without considering sexual…

By Carma Hassan, CNN Average daily screen use by children during the Covid-19 pandemic increased by more than an hour and twenty minutes, according…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Although the prevalence of e-cigarette use among teens has declined in recent years, those who do vape are starting younger…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Six supplements that people commonly take for heart health don’t help lower “bad” cholesterol or improve…

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Paxlovid, the antiviral pill that reduces the risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19, also reduces the risk of long…

By Casey Barber, CNN If you’re feeling ruffled by recent reports that turkey prices are on the rise, don’t panic. There’s no need…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The end of Daylight Saving Time is upon us again, an autumn tradition when the United States, Europe, most of Canada and a…

By Katia Hetter, CNN It’s almost time for clocks to “fall back” one hour. On the first Sunday of November, at 2 a.m., clocks in…

By Jessica DuLong, CNN The last thing I need as a parent is another expert making me feel bad. Thankfully, clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Seventeen states, Washington, DC, and New York City, are reporting high or very high respiratory illness activity amid a…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that the immune responses against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants were “substantially…

Opinion by Dr. Tom Frieden and Precious Matsoso In late June of this year, Ghana’s health authorities received some disturbing news: Two cases…

By Jen Christensen, CNN A preventive treatment for lower respiratory tract infections caused by RSV got the go ahead from the European Commission on…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Deaths caused by alcohol use in the United States spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic, killing more than 49,000 people in…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN The first new type of antibiotic developed in more than 20 years to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) appears to be so…

By Raenu Charles, CNN Parents and caregivers should not use infant head-shaping pillows meant to change an infant’s head shape or that claim to…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN RSV hospitalizations were significantly higher than normal again last week amid a respiratory virus season that’s…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN For the first time since 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidelines for clinicians…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN High levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, have been detected in more brands and batches of dry shampoo products,…