Health

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The social media platform TikTok has helped spread yet another potentially dangerous idea: taping your lips shut to stop mouth…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Parents who need to take a child to the emergency room are facing agonizing waits in many parts of the United States because…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN For nearly two decades, Kristin Friberg has been a librarian with the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, where one of…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN For nearly two decades, Kristin Friberg has been a librarian with the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, where one of…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN New ads promoting the Covid-19 vaccines are making their debut this week, targeting specific communities that have had a…

By Steve Almasy and Sara Turnbull, CNN Hundreds of students missed class Monday at a northern Virginia high school where “a number of students…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN One in 10 Americans over 65 had dementia, while 22% experienced mild cognitive impairment, the earliest stage of the slow…

By Jessica DuLong, CNN Straight away, Nora McInerny noticed core differences in how people responded to the coronavirus pandemic. For some, the…

By Rob Frehse, Katherine Dillinger and Alaa Elassar, CNN Six people who tested positive for monkeypox — two in New York City, two in Chicago,…

By Jen Christensen, CNN In September, an 8-month-old baby came into Dr. Juanita Mora’s office in Chicago with an infection the doctor…

By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to…

By Jamie Gumbrecht and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tested positive…

By Faith Karimi, CNN Eris Eady was scrolling through social media this week when she saw a news headline linking hair-straightening chemical products…

By Jen Christensen, CNN In the wake of flooding from Hurricane Ian, Lee County, Florida, has seen what the state’s Department of Health called…

By Madeline Holcombe. Photographs by Travis Dove for CNN A roomful of teenagers — some old friends and some strangers — stood with their hands,…

By Raja Razek, CNN As US health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of this year’s flu season, nearly half the…

By Deidre McPhillips and Amanda Sealy, CNN Drugmaker Pfizer said Friday that as government contracts come to an end, possibly by early next year, its…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Limiting your child’s candy this Halloween might be more of a trick than a treat, experts say. Once you’re a…

By Dana Santas, CNN Many high performers across sports, business and the arts will tell you they swear by their intuitive sense. It allows them to…

By Jen Christensen and Raenu Charles, CNN When Amber Sizemore and her family went out of state to celebrate her birthday last week, she had hoped her…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Parents who need to take a child to the emergency room are facing agonizing waits in many parts of the United States because…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Two researchers are urging health-care providers to educate and screen pregnant women about intimate partner violence, as…

By Katia Hetter, CNN Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance recommending the updated Covid-19 booster for…