Health

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hantavirus, a rare disease typically caused by exposure to infected rodents’ urine or feces, is suspected…

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Nir Eyal started to get heart palpitations, dry mouth and sweaty armpits when he was about to talk to a large crowd.…

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — How’s the weather up there? Standing at nearly 5 feet 2 inches tall, I’ve rarely been able to reach the highest…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — It’s exciting to think of bionic humans who have cracked the code to stop aging. But perhaps less glamorous…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The abortion pill mifepristone is the subject of ongoing lawsuits, as anti-abortion advocates have claimed that…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of young children are injured every year by common household items that many parents don’t…

By Jen Christensen, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — After a potluck supper, a short guided meditation and a quick lesson in resistance singing, a couple…

By Caleb Hellerman (CNN) — Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other form of cancer: more than prostate cancer and colon cancer combined,…

By Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — To protect kids from the harms of social media, some of us have proposed banning social networks for young people…

By Katie Hurley, CNN (CNN) — My 17-year-old son isn’t much of a TikTok enthusiast. There was a time when he watched basketball content and…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The measles outbreak in South Carolina — the largest the United States has had in decades — has ended,…

By Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN (CNN) — After years of preparation, college applications and some acceptances, I thought the stress of my senior…

By Victoria Robinson, as told to Andrea Kane, CNN | Photographs by Brenda Bazán for CNN (CNN) — One in 31: That’s the estimated number of…

By Jacqueline Howard, Ben Tinker, CNN (CNN) — Some psychedelic drugs, once considered fringe, are getting a step closer to possibly being…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — A vaccine long framed as protection against cervical cancer in women is now showing clear benefits for men. Boys…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Measles crept into Utah and Arizona in June, with reports trickling into local health departments of patients…

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year after remaking a key vaccine advisory committee, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first gene therapy for inherited hearing loss, a…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Over 62 million Americans — roughly 1 in 5 people — may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 vaccines roughly halved the chances that a US adult would need to visit the emergency room or be…

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — In my clinic, one of the first things I hear from men facing a fertility issue is often the same: “I…

By Michal Ruprecht, Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Psychedelic drugs, once pushed to the fringes of medicine, are gaining serious attention…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The American Lung Association calls it a “grim indication of the deterioration of air quality nationwide”:…

By Sarah Owermohle, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had another long day on Capitol Hill…

By Michal Ruprecht, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans are turning to AI chatbots for health answers. Doctors are, too. But the ways doctors are…

By Caleb Hellerman (CNN) — Vita Sara Blechner’s life changed on a Saturday afternoon. The middle school librarian was home in Oceanside, New…

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN (CNN) — When I started filming the first “Weed” documentary back in 2012, I could not have predicted where this…