Health

By Casey Barber, CNN It has been a long two years in the kitchen. Whether you were an enthusiastic home cook or a reluctant one, the pandemic has made everyone burned out by the act of cooking. It’s also made us realize how much work it is to cook every meal every day. It’s time

By Jen Christensen, CNN Now that the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that established the federal right to an abortion, the next battle may be over access to abortion pills. Some states have restricted the practice, but in December, the US Food and Drug Administration relaxed certain federal regulations on what

By Brenda Goodman, CNN There’s no denying the numbers: Even with spotty reporting, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising again in the United States. Cases are trending up in most states and have increased by more than 50% compared with the previous week in Washington, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine, Hawaii, South Dakota, Nevada and Montana. In

By Kristen Rogers, CNN When you think of money, do you feel like living in the moment and being responsible are mutually exclusive? Does guilt eat at you when you go out for lunch or a $7 oat milk latte? You don’t have to think or feel this way, thanks to a flexible personal finance

By Harry Enten, CNN I have a confession to make. My name is Harry Enten, and I am a millennial who sounds like a 75-year-old Jewish man. In fact, a lot of people assume I have stepped out of a time machine. I speak with what many consider a stereotypical New York accent. And yes,

By Katie Hunt, CNN The optimum amount of sleep is not too little but not too much — at least in middle and old age. New research has found that around seven hours of sleep is the ideal night’s rest, with insufficient and excessive sleep associated with a reduced ability to pay attention, remember and

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Linda Timmer wanted to practice what she preached. While working at a domestic violence nonprofit in Arizona during the height of the Covid-19 summer wave in 2020, Timmer wrote pandemic policies for her workplace, encouraging her colleagues to wear masks and, if they had been exposed to the coronavirus or had

CNN By Megan Marples, CNN Women of all ages and younger men with certain mood disorders are more likely to develop certain chronic illnesses, according to new research. Researchers of a retrospective study published in the journal JAMA Network Open analyzed health data of 40,360 adults from Olmsted County in Minnesota, from the Rochester Epidemiology

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Much has been said about the healing power of nature. Now, some medical professionals in Canada are increasingly prescribing it. Doctors are instructing their patients to wander park trails, feel the crunch of leaves beneath their feet and breathe in fresh air. It’s part of BC Parks Foundation’s growing PaRX program,

By John Bonifield, CNN A baby formula maker under investigation by federal agencies for reports of consumer complaints and infant illness will consider distributing some of its products on a case-by-case basis, according to a statement from the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are

By Katia Hetter, CNN What should parents know about the Moderna vaccine results? How soon could vaccines be available for young kids? Where should parents go to get them? What are tips to keep children protected in the meantime? To help answer these questions, I spoke with CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Covid-19 vaccines could be authorized for the United States’ youngest children as early as June, according to the US Food and Drug Administration’s latest meeting schedule. The agency announced Friday it is reserving dates in June for its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) to meet to discuss updates