Health

By Katherine Dillinger and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent vaccine advisers. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee had been scheduled to meet Thursday to

By Deidre McPhillips and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — When Pastor Landon Schott attended a school board meeting for Mercy Culture Preparatory Academy last week, he found the room filled with balloons and T-shirts. The celebratory shirts read: #1 school in Texas for least amount of vaccinations. Schott, who has more than 48,000 followers on

By Alayna Treene, Brenda Goodman and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The White House withdrew its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two Trump administration officials familiar with the decision told CNN, with the news coming less than an hour before Weldon’s

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Are you feeding your children fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, fish and plant-based proteins? Parents often think about what foods are healthiest for their little ones. But what about what your kids drink? Four leading national health and nutrition organizations recommend you also consider their beverage intake. The

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Cases in the ongoing measles outbreak have risen to 258 across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and state health departments are urging more people to get the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. In an interview with Fox News that aired Tuesday, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — A newborn with measles is among the cases reported in the growing West Texas outbreak, Lubbock public health officials say. Experts say the case serves as a reminder that the disease can be especially dangerous for pregnant women and very young children. “This is how widespread this epidemic is,

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology. The patient, a man in his 40s who declined to be identified, received the implant during surgery at St.

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding is a common experience for about 33% of people who are in transition to menopause. Episodes of excessive flow often meet the criteria of abnormal uterine bleeding, a medical condition defined by vaginal bleeding within a six-month period that is excessive in amount, duration

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — The measles outbreak in West Texas is linked with cases in New Mexico, officials said Tuesday, as well as new cases reported in Oklahoma. This brings the total number of cases to 258 across three states. In West Texas, 223 cases have been reported, according to a Tuesday update

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — By being an excellent host for slimy biofilms created by bacteria to protect themselves from attack, microplastics may be contributing to the proliferation of dangerous antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a new study found. “Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve ever been fooled by oversimplified or misleading claims online, there is more that you can do to protect yourself, a new study finds. Misinformation training can be an effective tool for helping people identify and reject fake news in as little as one month. “This is the

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The federal government program that provides free at-home Covid-19 tests says it is “not currently accepting orders,” according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response website. It’s not clear whether the program has shut down permanently. The US Department of Health and Human Services has not responded to

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — I’m captivated by my new personal health tracker, a Christmas gift from my husband. It’s fascinating to know my heart rate, respiration, activity, readiness and stress levels at any moment. Yet it’s the sleep data that has me mesmerized — and a bit worried. Why does it say I

By Shannon Carpenter, CNN (CNN) — I’ve sat across from grandfathers with rope burns on their wrists and have had them tell me that everything was a misunderstanding. I’ve investigated cases where disabled fathers with black eyes refused to talk to me. I have tried to help young men who have been victims of sex

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. Measles had been declared eliminated from the country in 2000, but 2019 brought the nation the closest it

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Did you remember to wear your red-light glasses, eat two kiwi fruit, take your supplements, insert your nostril expanders and make sure your room is completely dark before heading to bed? Forget the simple bedtime routine of brushing your teeth, washing your face and putting on pajamas. Now people