How often you wash your dog’s bowl can affect your health, too, study says
By Kristen Rogers, CNN How we feed our pets, store their food and wash their dishes can have negative health consequences if not done properly…
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Here’s the pain relief advice I’ve spent 21 years looking for
By Channon Hodge, CNN I have been in pain nearly every day for 21 years. It’s like a brick of hell at the crux of my neck and shoulders that…
Continue Reading Here’s the pain relief advice I’ve spent 21 years looking for
By Channon Hodge, CNN I have been in pain nearly every day for 21 years. It’s like a brick of hell at the crux of my neck and shoulders that…
Continue Reading Health care work force on track to recover from pandemic — with a few key exceptions, study finds
By Jen Christensen, CNN The health care work force in the US had huge turnover at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic but seems to be getting back to…
Continue Reading In Washington’s Covid-19 outbreak, new variants flout old ‘close contact’ rule
By Brenda Goodman, CNN Washington, DC is coping with a cluster of high-profile Covid-19 cases after a series of public events exposed high-level…
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Mosquito season is near in the Borderland, how you can save yourself from bites
EL PASO, Texas – Immo Hansen is a Professor of Biology at New Mexico State University. He is an expert on all things mosquitos. Hansen told ABC-7…
Continue Reading Should you get your second booster shot now?
By Katia Hetter, CNN More people can now get second Covid-19 booster shots after federal health officials announced they are allowing a broader group…
Continue Reading It’s been a year since CDC declared racism a public health threat. Now what?
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline across the United States, health leaders warn that the…
Continue Reading US life expectancy continues historic decline with another drop in 2021, study finds
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Life expectancy in the United States took another hit in 2021, furthering a dramatic decline from 2020 that was the largest…
Continue Reading US likely to see a surge of Covid-19 in the fall, Fauci says
By Naomi Thomas, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Wednesday that he thinks there…
Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi tests positive for Covid-19, spokesman says
By Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesman for the California Democrat said…
Continue Reading People believe their friends will protect them from Covid — but the opposite is true
By Jen Christensen, CNN Your good friends may be able to help you get out of a jam. They may be good listeners and they may be good at keeping you…
Continue Reading What music reveals about our minds
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Music is a powerful summoner of memories. Hearing a favorite, familiar or “throwback” song can instantly…
Continue Reading They got illicit Covid-19 vaccine doses — and say they’d do it again in a heartbeat
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Last July, Andrea Ogg stood outside a pharmacy in Castle Rock, Colorado, fully prepared to lie…
Continue Reading Dirty Dozen 2022: Produce with the most and least pesticides
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Strawberries and spinach continue to top the annual list of the “Dirty Dozen” fruits and veggies that contain the…
Continue Reading FDA vaccine advisers say a plan for updating Covid-19 shots is needed
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The future of Covid-19 vaccines — including when and how often booster doses might be needed — remains unclear…
Continue Reading Most people have not yet fully returned to their pre-pandemic life, poll finds
By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Most Americans say the way they conduct their lives is still affected to some extent by the pandemic, according to a new…
Continue Reading Trump’s endorsement of Covid-19 vaccines increased uptake in counties with low vaccination rates
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Watching an ad in which former President Donald Trump promoted Covid-19 vaccines was linked to increased vaccinations in US…
Continue Reading Study reveals how Covid-19 infections can set off massive inflammation in the body
By Brenda Goodman, CNN From the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed that in severe cases of Covid-19 — the ones that landed people in…
Continue Reading Long Covid-19 may remain a chronic condition for millions
By Jen Christensen, CNN Covid-19 has become a chronic condition for tens of millions of people — and an expensive one, as well. Long Covid…
Continue Reading BA.2, where are you? Dominant strain hasn’t shown signs of starting a surge
By Brenda Goodman, CNN Maybe BA.2 really is the “stealth variant.” The Omicron subvariant caused as many as 3 in 4 cases of Covid-19 in…
Continue Reading Why beer bottles are usually brown glass
By Ada Wood, CNN Have you ever cracked open a bottle of beer, poured it into a clear glass and left it outside sitting in the sun? Maybe you’ve…
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El Paso elementary school teacher says schools should play a bigger role in students’ mental health
EL PASO, Texas– An educator who has been teaching elementary students for five years in the city says spotting troubled kids is not hard, but…
Continue Reading 42 previously unknown genes discovered for Alzheimer’s disease
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN An additional 42 genes connected to the development of Alzheimer’s disease have been uncovered in the largest study of…
Continue Reading Protection against infection offered by fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose wanes quickly, Israeli study finds
By Jen Christensen, CNN A fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine seems to offer short-lived protection against infection overall, but…
Continue Reading Study of wealthy nations finds American women most likely to die of preventable causes, pregnancy complications
By Virginia Langmaid, CNN A new study found that women in the US face the highest rates of preventable and maternal mortality when compared with…
Continue Reading Humans bred dogs to have puppy-dog eyes
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Are you a sucker for large, liquid “puppy-dog” eyes gazing soulfully up at you, begging for, well, just about…
Continue Reading What does the future of Covid-19 boosters look like? FDA advisers to discuss this week
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Wednesday to get a clearer picture of what the future…
Continue Reading Stop anxiety before it starts with these new strategies
By Jessica DuLong, CNN In recent years, public figures openly sharing their mental health struggles have helped lift fellow sufferers out of silent…
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How climate change is impacting allergy season
Wyndly compiled research from academic journals, governmental departments, and nonprofit organizations to identify six ways climate change is…
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