By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Spanking or striking children in school, or corporal punishment, should be “abolished in all states by law,” according to an updated policy statement by the Council on School Health and released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The use of corporal punishment has dropped over the years, but it
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent (CNN) — Aging. It’s funny how a biological process we all go through, individually and collectively, is a concept we try not to think about, much less talk about with others. When I started work on this season of the “Chasing Life” podcast, which is all about
Continue ReadingBy Upasna Gautam, 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. On weekdays, my alarm goes off at 4:15 a.m., and my husband and I immediately hop out of bed. I chug a bit of
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A highly mutated new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 has countries on alert as scientists scramble to understand how far it has spread and how well our immunity will defend against it. The new variant, called BA.2.86 and nicknamed Pirola by variant hunters on social media, has
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When you go to get your newly updated Covid-19 booster this fall, you might want to choose the arm the vaccine goes in carefully. The immune response may be stronger if your booster goes in the same arm as your last Covid-19 shot, according to a study published August 11
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CNN By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — As families prepare to gather for Labor Day and children head back to schools, coronavirus cases are once again on the rise. Covid-19 hospital admissions are up more than 18% in the most recent week, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some experts are encouraging
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Last year’s respiratory virus season in the US was a bad one. After two years of extraordinarily light flu seasons, which infectious disease experts attributed to Covid-19 pandemic precautions like social distancing and masking, influenza came roaring back, hitting early and hard. Then respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Department of Health placed two counties under a mosquito-borne illness alert as five cases of dengue have been reported in Broward and Miami-Dade counties in less than a month, weekly reports show. In total, 11 cases of locally acquired dengue have been reported in the state this
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Adding a blue-light filter to your eyeglasses may not ease eye strain from computer work, protect the retina or help with sleep at night, according to a new review of existing research. “We found there may be no short-term advantages with using blue-light filtering spectacle lenses to reduce visual
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Someone who has any kind of severe pain a year after a heart attack may be more likely to die within the eight years afterward, according to a new study. Someone in the US has a heart attack about every 40 seconds, according to the US Centers for Disease
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By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Weight loss and diabetes medications are priced much higher in the US than in other countries, according to a new analysis from KFF. The analysis examined the price of a one-month supply of semaglutide, used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and its sister drug for weight loss Wegovy, as well as
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By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report. Cannabis use surged among young adults under 30, alongside historic rates of vaping, as well. The new data comes from the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future panel
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Last fall, children’s hospitals across the country dealt with an unprecedented early surge of patients with respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. By October, there were so many sick kids needing care that some states declared states of emergency, and some facilities set up tents with extra beds in
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WABC, NYU LANGONE HEALTH, MILLER FAMILY, CNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on Wednesday, mark key steps forward in the evolving field of xenotransplantation, the use of non-human tissues or organs to treat medical conditions in humans. Researchers from the University
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Federal surveillance data suggests that Covid-19 levels are trending up in the United States, but key metrics remain well below most other points in the pandemic. Covid-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise since early July, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the first
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CNN, WLS, NIH, NIAID-RM, CDC.GOV, NIH/NIAID-RM By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Federal surveillance data suggests that Covid-19 levels are trending up in the United States, but key metrics remain well below most other points in the pandemic. Covid-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise since early July, according to data from the US Centers for Disease
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Certain kinds of cancer are being diagnosed more often in younger adults in the US, a new study shows, and the increases seem to be driven by cancers in women and adults in their 30s. A government-funded study of 17 National Cancer Institute registries, published Wednesday in the journal
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that’s been a household name for decades, recently received a lifeline from its creditors, but the business still faces extreme challenges. Given the brand’s prospects, you might be wondering how long your stash of its food storage containers is safe to use — especially
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Just as everybody poops, everybody has gas. But the reasons why you break wind can vary, and sometimes it can be cause for concern. “As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I get asked about this all the time,” said Dr. Mark Corkins, division chief of pediatric gastroenterology at the University of
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CNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated. The mosquitoes they were using to study experimental medicines for malaria had developed a pesky problem: They were becoming resistant to the parasite, plasmodium, that causes the ancient
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