Hula-Hoops are trending, but it’s not your childhood version
By Janelle Davis, CNN Instead of spinning hoops around the waist as kids have done for decades, Hula-Hoop dancers have some new moves as the trend…
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Tennessee resumes vaccination outreach but with marketing emphasis on parents, not children
Dr. Michelle Fiscus, who served as Tennessee’s top vaccine official before she was fired, describes receiving a disturbing package shortly before her…
Continue Reading Tennessee resumes vaccination outreach but with marketing emphasis on parents, not children
By Angela Barajas, CNN Tennessee’s top health official said Friday that vaccination efforts for teens will continue but that marketing efforts…
Continue Reading Delta is dangerous and spreading — but vaccination can stop it
By Dr. Tom Frieden I’m hearing from vaccinated people who are frightened about breakthrough cases, the Delta variant and new waves of Covid.…
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TTUHSC emergency medicine chief says it’s time to mask up again due to Delta variant
El PASO, Texas — The head of emergency medicine for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso believes it may be time for people to…
Continue Reading European Medicines Agency recommends approving Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 17
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended clearing Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the…
Continue Reading Why contact tracing was a missed opportunity to save lives in the US
By Maggie Fox, CNN It was supposed to have both prevented the worst ravages of the pandemic and given people in lockdown something to do. An army of…
Continue Reading Ad campaign for controversial Alzheimer’s drug will ‘overly medicalize’ normal age-related memory loss, some experts say
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Heath News Do you sometimes lose your train of thought or feel a bit more anxious than is typical for you? Those are two of…
Continue Reading Start your day with breathing exercises for stress relief
By Stephanie Mansour, CNN A worldwide pandemic is more than enough to induce excess stress. Many people have had to deal with a changing work life…
Continue Reading Millions of teens will head back to school unvaccinated
By Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Most teens heading back to school in the coming weeks will be unvaccinated against Covid-19, federal…
Continue Reading Millions of teens will head back to school unvaccinated
CNN’s Harry Enten breaks down Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations by…
Continue Reading Missouri health care CEO trying to reach the unvaccinated says people are dying unnecessarily
By Steve Almasy and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Steve Edwards, the president and CEO of a health care system in Missouri, is troubled that health experts…
Continue Reading ‘Just get the stupid shot’: Unvaccinated mom who got Covid-19
After choosing not to get the Covid-19 vaccine, Ganeene Starling ended up in the ICU with coronavirus and was given a 20% chance of survival by…
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El Paso 3 & 4-year-old kids taking part in Covid-19 vaccine trial
EL PASO, Texas — It could be months before a Covid-19 vaccine is approved for kids under the age of 12 in the United States. But vaccine trials are…
Continue Reading Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine’s benefits still outweigh risks, CDC data show
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The benefits of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen coronavirus vaccine still outweigh potential risks, according to data…
Continue Reading Hospitalized Covid-19 patients are asking for the vaccine — when it’s too late, two health care workers say
By Jason Hanna, CNN As the Delta variant helps fuel a surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US, unvaccinated patients are regretting their…
Continue Reading 6 ways to develop endurance and achieve your goals
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis holds the world record in pole vault and he’s sharing his tips on managing stress in competition to help the rest of us…
Continue Reading The pandemic has pushed children’s mental health and access to care to a ‘crisis point’
By Jen Christensen, CNN Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Bailey Lynn and her friends often talked about the toll the virus has taken. Still, the…
Continue Reading ‘No one can convince me’: Sharp divide remains over vaccines
CNN’s Jeff Zeleny reports from Ohio, where, like the rest of America, there remains a sharp divide over Covid-19…
Continue Reading Biden says full FDA approval of a Covid-19 vaccine could come as early as the end of August
By Jen Christensen, CNN To date, more than 339 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to give people protection from the…
Continue Reading Three states are seeing about 40% of the country’s new Covid-19 cases
A Missouri mother is mourning her unvaccinated daughter’s death, and pleading for people to think of their loved ones and get vaccinated against…
Continue Reading Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds
By Katie Hunt, CNN The proportion of schizophrenia cases linked with problematic use of marijuana has increased over the past 25 years, according to…
Continue Reading How worried should vaccinated people be about Covid-19 breakthrough infections?
By Katia Hetter, CNN Coronavirus infections are on the rise again in the United States. While more than 99% of deaths are among those unvaccinated,…
Continue Reading Millions of peaches! How to make the most of summer’s best fruit
By Casey Barber, CNN There’s nothing like sinking your teeth into a perfectly ripe, juicy peach on a hot summer day. It’s one of…
Continue Reading Three states are seeing about 40% of the country’s new Covid-19 cases
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN While Covid-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been…
Continue Reading CDC advisers will meet Thursday to discuss need for coronavirus boosters and J&J vaccine safety
By Jessica Firger, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Thursday to make recommendations on how to…
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7 fully-vaccinated El Pasoans have died of Covid in past 2 weeks
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health disclosed Wednesday that seven El Pasoans had died over the past two weeks from Covid-19…
Continue Reading Why the Delta variant is spreading so much faster than other coronavirus strains
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Worldwide, there is an alarming surge in coronavirus cases — and health experts say a key factor in this latest wave is…
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Abbott won’t impose new mask mandate despite increasing Texas virus cases
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite Covid-19 cases being on the rise…
Continue Reading Breastfeeding for any amount of time linked to lower blood pressure in toddlers, study finds
By Sarah Molano, CNN Toddlers who were breastfed for any amount of time had lower blood pressure than those who were not breastfed at all, according…
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