A link between Covid-19 vaccination and a cardiac illness may be getting clearer
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there has been a…
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FDA’s vaccine advisers to discuss rules for authorizing Covid-19 shots for kids
By Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to discuss what information the agency should ask for…
Continue ReadingWhat should vaccinated parents with unvaccinated kids do?
By Katia Hetter, CNN More and more adults are getting vaccinated, but their children under 12 are not yet eligible. What does this mean for parents…
Continue Reading5 signs your workouts are working that have nothing to do with a scale
By Stephanie Mansour, CNN What happens when you’re feeling physically good, happy with the progress you’re making in your workouts and…
Continue ReadingStates begin scaling back daily Covid-19 data reporting as federal officials try to vaccinate more Americans
By Aya Elamroussi, Jason Hanna and Amir Vera, CNN About two dozen states have decided to scale back their daily tracking of Covid-19 cases,…
Continue ReadingCDC issues new travel advice for more than 120 countries
By Ryan Prior, CNN As more people get vaccinated and the spread of Covid-19 becomes more controlled, public health officials are issuing new travel…
Continue Reading7 hopeful signs the US is moving past the worst of the pandemic
By Holly Yan, CNN First, the good news: Covid-19 cases are down in the US. Hospitalizations are dropping. And new deaths have decreased drastically…
Continue ReadingFrom ‘geriatric pregnancy’ to ’35+ pregnancy:’ There’s a better way to talk to pregnant people
By Elissa Strauss, CNN Ours is not a culture that makes life easy for pregnant people. There’s the side-eye from busybody strangers, in…
Continue ReadingPeople with diabetes who sleep badly are at greater risk of dying prematurely, study suggests
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN People with diabetes who had trouble falling or staying asleep were 87% more likely to die of any cause over the next nine…
Continue ReadingDr. Gupta: How to assess risk when going mask-free
By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent For more than a year now, many of us have followed the standard drill: wash our hands, stay 6…
Continue ReadingHow do you navigate risk in the pandemic? This poker expert tells all
By Lisa Selin Davis, CNN Will it be a royal house or full house or maybe four of a kind? Maria Konnikova is used to thinking about risk tolerance.…
Continue ReadingHow a ‘micro-practice’ can ease stress and help you sleep
by Jen Rose Smith, CNN Are you feeling frazzled? That’s relatable. These days, stress and anxiety are soaring across the globe. If you have a…
Continue ReadingAre you a night owl or morning lark? One may protect you from depression, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Do you bounce out of bed early in the morning full of zest and ready to go? Or do you slap the snooze alarm until the last…
Continue ReadingWhy the newest Alzheimer’s drug is controversial
CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports on the controversy behind the first Alzheimer’s disease treatment approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 20…
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In controversial decision, FDA approves first new Alzheimer’s disease drug in nearly 20 years
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the use of the experimental drug aducanumab for early phases of Alzheimer’s disease — despite…
Continue ReadingWhy you should actually break for lunch
By Lisa Drayer, CNN If you’ve been trying to eat healthfully, you’ve probably heard about the benefits of eating breakfast. But you might…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic changed the way we ate and shopped — not always for the better
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Covid-19 affected our lives in so many ways, including how we ate and shopped. The changes were not always for the better,…
Continue ReadingWhy face-to-face gatherings still matter
By Matt Villano, CNN After more than a year of meeting on Zoom every month, the members of Amy Ettinger’s book club recently tried something…
Continue ReadingCDC study finds coronavirus vaccines lead to milder disease in rare breakthrough infections
By Hollie Silverman and Steve Almasy, CNN People who have been vaccinated against coronavirus, if they do become infected, have milder Covid-19…
Continue ReadingIn rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19
By Jen Christensen, CNN If it were the fall, this group of volunteers — folders in hand, walking shoes on their feet — would be knocking…
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