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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Health officials in Alaska have identified the first known death linked to a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox. Since its discovery in 2015, seven Alaskapox infections have been reported, according to the state Department of Health. The most recent case was identified in an elderly man who died last

By Jamie Gumbrecht and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to shift its Covid-19 isolation guidance this spring to say that people no longer need to isolate once they have been fever-free for 24 hours and their symptoms are mild or improving, according to the Washington Post.

By Allison Hope, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Who needs the pressure to pack all your love (and flowers and chocolates) into one Wednesday in February? This is the perfect year to

By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez (CNN) — Flovent, one of the most commonly prescribed childhood asthma medications, is no longer being manufactured in the United States. GSK, the pharmaceutical company that made it, took if off the shelves January 1 and replaced it with an identical generic version, fluticasone. But what seemed to be a straightforward swap has

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Women giving birth in the US are now three times more likely to have syphilis than they were in 2016, according to a report published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The sharp rise in maternal syphilis cases has coincided with an alarming spike in

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people deal with Covid–19 symptoms long after their initial infections. Two new studies – one looking at pregnant people and the other on children – give a better look at the burden from this health problem that doctors say often goes under the radar. The first study

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Covid-19 finally got me. After nearly four years of never testing positive for Covid-19 while editing pandemic coverage alongside my good friends at CNN Health,

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — When my mother was in her 80s, her daily call to her older brother always started with the same question: “Did your bowels move today?” I used to roll my eyes and pray to the old-age gods that I would never do the same. Some days the conversation would

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Sorry to the dads, Brads and Chads who might be angry about it, but this Super Bowl Sunday will feature a pop power player — even if she doesn’t make it to the game. Music superstar Taylor Swift has become a big topic during Kansas City Chiefs football games

By Meg Tirrell and John Bonifield, CNN Caldwell, Idaho (CNN) — Jen and John Adkins never expected to have to send a package like this. Unsteady on her feet after a medical procedure last spring, Jen emerged from a clinic with a box she needed to ship urgently. The clock was ticking; if they missed

CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Research has long found that medication abortion is safe and effective, but a new study shows that to be true even when the patient gets the medicine through a telehealth appointment. Medication abortion, also known as medical abortion, is the method by which someone ends their pregnancy using

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Concerns about age and mental fitness have been a recurring theme through the past two presidencies and are set to only mount in 2024 with two frontrunner candidates nearing or exceeding the age of 80. If re-elected in November, President Joe Biden would remain in the White House until

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Why women are at greater risk of autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis is a long-standing medical mystery, and a team of researchers at Stanford University may now be a step closer to unraveling it. How the female body handles its extra X chromosome (the male

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — A happier life after getting married may not just be in fairy tales. It’s in the data, too. Adults who are married report being far happier than those in any other relationship status, according to a Gallup Poll published Friday. “Any way you analyze those data, we see a

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — US senators and pharmaceutical CEOs faced off in a hearing Thursday about why prescription drugs have higher price tags in the United States than in other nations. The chief executives of three major pharmaceutical companies – Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb – testified before the Senate

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An estimated 8.9 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2022, including 8.5 million prescription pain reliever abusers and 1 million heroin users. Opioids are drugs formulated to