Health

By Jen Christensen, CNN If it were the fall, this group of volunteers — folders in hand, walking shoes on their feet — would be knocking on doors to get out the vote in rural Cuthbert, Georgia. As they walked in the hot spring sun this April and May, these four have another mission. They

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Over 4% of all new cancer cases in 2020 were attributable to alcohol consumption, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal The Lancet Oncology. The researchers analyzed available data on population-level alcohol use in 2010 and on cancer cases in 2020. They assumed a 10-year period between alcohol consumption

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN In a prompt about-face, California announced strict measures barring maskless K-12 students from campuses, only to update its stance hours later and suggest it would leave the decisions to local schools. The announcements came July 12 amid a worrisome spike in new Covid-19 cases reported nationwide since last week. “California’s

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating at least three servings of whole grains each day can keep your weight, blood pressure and blood sugar levels in check as you age, a new study found. “Eating whole-grain foods as part of a healthy diet delivers health benefits beyond just helping us lose or maintain weight as we

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As the return to school approaches, some states are prohibiting public schools from requiring Covid-19 vaccinations or proof of vaccination for students ranging from pre-K to university. A CNN analysis has found that at least seven states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Montana, Oklahoma and Utah — have enacted legislation this

By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN COVAX has signed agreements with two Chinese pharmaceutical companies to buy more than half a billion of their Covid-19 vaccines by the first half of next year, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) announced Monday. Under the agreements, Chinese vaccine makers Sinopharm and Sinovac will begin to make 110 million

By Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Just as health experts predicted, the combination of unvaccinated people and the more contagious Delta strain of coronavirus has led to new Covid-19 surges. In 46 states, the rates of new cases this past week are at least 10% higher than the rates of new cases the previous

By Maggie Fox, CNN The top vaccine official for the state of Tennessee said Monday she was fired after an argument over vaccinating children against coronavirus. Now Dr. Michelle Fiscus, a pediatrician who has served as the state’s medical director of the vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization for two years, said she is afraid for the

By Amanda Sealy and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Pfizer executives briefed US federal health officials Monday about why they believe a third booster shot of its vaccine will be needed. The meeting was largely seen as a courtesy after the two sides disagreed last week on when a booster shot for the coronavirus vaccine might be

By Amanda Sealy, John Bonifield and Maggie Fox, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration updated the label on Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine Monday to warn of the possible increased risk of a rare neurological complication known as Guillain-Barré syndrome. While the FDA said it had not established the vaccine could cause the syndrome,

By Deidre McPhillips, Steve Almasy and Madeline Holcombe, CNN When you compare states with high vaccination rates to states that are lagging, the difference in the number of people getting Covid-19 is staggering. Over the past week, states that have fully vaccinated more than half of their residents have reported an average Covid-19 case rate

By Alanne Orjoux and Holly Yan, CNN Defeating this pandemic and the highly contagious Delta variant isn’t just about protecting yourself through vaccination — it’s also about having others in the community vaccinated, doctors say. “Even if you are vaccinated, if you’re living in an area with high rates of Covid-19 spread — and with