Health

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The supply of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes treatment is expected to tighten this week with a federal deadline to halt the sale and production of off-brand products that many patients in the United States have come to rely on. Starting in 2022, increased demand led to

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the federal government has “a team in Milwaukee” helping the city address a lead crisis in its schools. The city says that that’s not true and that it’s still not receiving requested

By Brenda Goodman, Sarah Owermohle, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans, a move that may limit future shots to older Americans and people at higher risk of serious Covid-19 infection. The agency is changing the type of evidence it will

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The announcement Sunday that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer has some people wondering how the disease wasn’t spotted sooner. As president, Biden had access to VIP care, which goes above and beyond the health testing and health care offered to average patients. Members of

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Only one fourth of sunscreens on store shelves in the United States deliver safe and effective protection against the harmful rays of the sun, according to an annual report which analyzed more than 2,200 sunscreens available for purchase in 2025. “Our criteria include the ability of the sunscreen’s active

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer has understandably raised concerns and questions: How long has he had cancer, how will he be treated, and what is his prognosis? As a urologist, I regularly diagnose prostate cancer in my patients, and each time I share the diagnosis

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Every night, Lauren Finney Harden and her husband would awaken to the cries of their first-born daughter, and a routine game of “paci pong” — where each parent takes turns retrieving the fallen pacifier — would ensue. After countless sleepless nights, the Atlanta mother of two said she decided

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — After a six-week delay, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to a letter from the agency, but only for people 65 and older and those 12 and up who have at least one underlying condition that puts them at higher risk of severe

CNN By Jen Christensen, Amanda Sealy, Nadia Kounang, CNN There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past few years, transplants almost always involved human organs. Now, early experiments in xenotransplantation — transplanting animal

By Jen Christensen, Amanda Sealy, Nadia Kounang, CNN There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past few years, transplants almost always involved human organs. Now, early experiments in xenotransplantation — transplanting animal organs

Text by Madeline Holcombe and video by Lacey Russell, Jocelyn Contreras and McKenna Ewen, CNN ATLANTA (CNN) — Electric guitar swells in the background as a podcaster in a black shirt over his tattoos turns to speak directly to the camera. “I want you to write 10 things that you would love for your spouse

CNN Text by Madeline Holcombe and video by Lacey Russell, Jocelyn Contreras and McKenna Ewen, CNN ATLANTA (CNN) — Electric guitar swells in the background as a podcaster in a black shirt over his tattoos turns to speak directly to the camera. “I want you to write 10 things that you would love for your

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has given marketing clearance to a blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, making the test the first to get signoff to aid in the early detection of the disease in the United States. The test, called the Lumipulse G pTau217/ß-Amyloid 1-42 Plasma

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — You’ve probably heard the stories: For every man who has cut carbs from his diet and dropped 10 pounds, there’s a woman who’s done exactly the same thing and lost 2. Research backs up this frustrating fact. Diet and exercise tend to benefit men much more than women when

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Arguments often feel urgent no matter what’s going on for some of the couples Dr. Samantha Rodman Whiten sees in her practice as a clinical psychologist in Potomac, Maryland. This desire to resolve a conflict before heading to bed is particularly common for clients who grew up in a

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Florida has become the second state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Farm Bill, which includes language banning the use of any additive in a public water system that does not meet the new

By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Guns continue to be the leading cause of death for US children and teens since surpassing car accidents in 2020. Firearms accounted for 18% of childhood deaths (ages 1 to 18) in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available from the US Centers for Disease Control and

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles County is facing a community-wide outbreak of the contagious virus hepatitis A, citing a sustained increase in clinical cases and elevated virus levels detected in wastewater testing. The county reported on May 5 that there have been 29 confirmed cases of hepatitis A this year. That number

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Samples of store-bought rice from more than 100 different brands purchased in the United States contained dangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium, according to a new report shared first with CNN. “Even at low levels, both arsenic and cadmium have been linked to serious health harms, including diabetes,