Health

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The pace of people getting Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in the United States has dropped to the lowest it has ever been, and many public health experts are concerned. As of Monday, about 64% of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with at least their initial two-dose series, and

By Allison Hope, CNN Hold the flowers and the chocolates and the sappy love poems. Forget Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day and the pressure to make plans and buy things and give unto others. This year, celebrate Solotine’s Day on February 15. Ditch the obligations and the loved ones surrounding you 24/7 and practice some

By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and other digital disease-monitoring tools to become sustainable beyond the pandemic. The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it’s giving nearly $55 million to improve access to community health centers that have played a vital role in patient

By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and other digital disease-monitoring tools to become sustainable beyond the pandemic. The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it’s giving nearly $55 million to improve access to community health centers that have played a vital role in patient

By Harry Enten, CNN Valentine’s Day is a day of love, a special day on which we’re supposed to make sure that those around us know how much we care for them. But on this day when Cupid is supposed to strike us with his arrow, there are several reasons to think “love” (by its

By Dana Santas, CNN It might be surprising to people who think of football players training only in the weight room or on the field, but yoga has been a mainstay in the National Football League for quite some time. As a mobility coach in professional sports, I can attest to the growth of yoga’s

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The timeline for when children younger than 5 in the United States might start receiving Covid-19 vaccinations has just been pushed back. The US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it had postponed a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, which was intended to review data

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines are safe, and they offer high levels of protection against severe Covid-19 even though that protection can wane over time, according to two studies published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. Evidence of waning protection “reinforces the

By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment that seems to work against the Omicron variant of the virus that causes Covid-19. Monoclonal antibodies are lab-made proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight harmful pathogens like the coronavirus. Bebtelovimab, made by Eli Lilly and

By Amanda Sealy, CNN As the NFL’s 2021 season kicked off with the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Dallas Cowboys, the league had managed to vaccinate more than 90% of its players and staff against the coronavirus. It already had an entire pandemic season under its belt and knew what

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There’s just something about a hug. After a child has a hard day of feeling alone and stressed, it seems like a hug from someone they love could be just the cure. It’s not just a feeling, experts say. Evidence shows it’s important to our well-being at every stage of life.

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Living a longer, healthier life can start with your diet. You could add up to 13 years to your life if you ate few red and processed meats and more fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains and nuts, a recent study revealed. According to the study, the largest gains in longevity

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN States that recently announced plans to lift either indoor or school mask mandates have at least two things in common: Hospitalization rates are on the decline, and all except one have a larger share of fully vaccinated residents than the national average. Most of the governors in those states have linked

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent At one point at the beginning of the pandemic, there was hope that a popular and inexpensive over-the-counter heartburn drug might hold promise for treating Covid-19, but a newly published study shows mixed results. In the clinical trial, people with mild to moderate Covid-19 who took very high

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Yet another tragedy has occurred in the aftermath of the devastating gun massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Joe Garcia, the husband of Irma Garcia, one of two teachers killed in the classroom, has died at home from a heart attack, in what family members say may be