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By Holly Yan and Travis Caldwell, CNN Once again, Americans who don’t even have coronavirus are suffering the consequences of Covid-19 patients filling up hospitals. More than 101,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, according to data Thursday from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Now, some patients wanting urgent care won’t get

By Holly Yan, CNN Just as doctors feared, more children are getting hit hard by Covid-19 as the Delta variant tramples across the country. And the school year just started. “What we’re seeing now is extremely concerning,” said Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, associate professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. “This virus is really

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN For fully vaccinated Americans, the risk of being hospitalized or dying from Covid-19 is low — much lower than the risk for unvaccinated people. But in those rare cases when a fully vaccinated person gets infected, data suggests it’s older adults and those with multiple underlying medical conditions who are most

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN The World Health Organization’s vaccine-sharing program COVAX forecasts an additional 1.1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses will be made available globally between now and the end of the year, fewer than previously estimated. This forecast, released Wednesday, projects 25% fewer doses compared to July’s forecast. The new projection prompted a fresh call

By Dana Santas, CNN Some forgetfulness — like occasionally forgetting to pay a bill or recall a word — can be expected at any age. But cognitive decline — such as consistently struggling to remember monthly bills or stay focused in conversations — is not a natural part of getting older, according to the National

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Surging Covid-19 cases — and the increasing proportion reported in children — are causing many health experts to worry about the outlook as the school year gets underway across the entire country. But Dr. Anthony Fauci said there shouldn’t be a big uptick “if we do it right.” “We’ve gotta get

By Kristen Rogers, CNN As more people get vaccinated against Covid-19 and the National Football League season starts September 9, you may be wondering whether the time to trade your couch for a stadium seat is finally here. The factors that made pre-pandemic sporting events fun — excited people crowding together, cheering, talking, eating, drinking

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Back-to-school after the Labor Day weekend could mean fresh spread of coronavirus unless schools take strong action to keep the virus in check, doctors and education experts are warning. August saw an explosion of Covid-19 cases when some schools resumed in-person classes without mask measures in place and tens of thousands

By Megan Marples, CNN Whether you smoke it, vape it or eat it as an edible, cannabis may be significantly increasing your risk of a heart attack. Adults under 45 years old, who consumed cannabis within the last 30 days, suffered from nearly double the number of heart attacks than adults who didn’t use the

By John Duffy, CNN Within the first several weeks of any school year, I receive dozens of calls from parents concerned about their increasingly frayed connection to their children. Conflict about school and homework, laziness and screen time dominates relationships between parents and their kids during the school year. Parents too often find themselves frustrated,

By Jacqueline Howard, Amir Vera and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Children now represent more than a quarter — or 26.8% — of weekly Covid-19 cases nationwide, according to data released Tuesday from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The update comes as schools across the US have been in session or are getting into full swing.

By Ryan Prior and Kristen Rogers, CNN Can this year just stop already? It’s a thought ricocheting around the world as we cope with Covid-19, quarantine, wildfires and hurricanes. Now it can. Rosh Hashanah, which marks the Jewish New Year, begins Monday night. Even if you’re not Jewish, it’s a way to immerse yourself in

By Rob Picheta and Amir Tal, CNN One-year-old Israeli twin girls, who were born joined back-to-back at the head, have been separated after a rare and complicated surgery. The sisters, whose names were not provided, underwent a 12-hour operation at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel last week. The procedure was extremely rare, the hospital

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As she held up her cell phone to take back-to-school selfies with the new school resource officers last week, the excitement of the first day swept through Liz Pray just as it had in previous years. But Pray, a school nurse, was nervous, too. “I don’t know what the school year

By David G. Allan, CNN Our work-life balance has, to borrow a term we all learned in the 2020 Olympics, been feeling “the twisties” during the pandemic. So many of us had to adapt to working from home, adjustments and accommodations, mass layoffs, career pivots and rehiring. Even if you managed to keep your job,