Health

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Giving birth to triplets, quadruplets or even more has become increasingly less common in the United States. The rate of triplet and higher-order births in the US declined 62% between 1998 and 2023, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And

By Kaan Ozcan, CNN New York (CNN) — Jazmin Evans was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 17 in 2012. She received a kidney transplant in July 2023, after being on the transplant wait list for four years. Today, a year and a half after the transplant, Evans says she feels great, and

By Jamie Gumbrecht and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating bird flu cases in a backyard farming operation that had a mix of poultry

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — People who only exercise on weekends have a similar risk of developing mild dementia to those who work out more frequently, a new study has found. Weekend warriors who engage in one or two sessions of exercise a week were the focus of the research, published online Tuesday in

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Half of the world’s population will undergo menopause if they live to middle age, but symptoms start occurring several years before that life change. Many women start experiencing menopausal symptoms during those years of perimenopause, such as irregular periods, fatigue, sleep disturbances, hot flashes and weight gain. Whereas many

By Kristen Rogers and Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — Megan walked the halls of her suburban Houston junior high in shame. It was the first time she had to attend school with bruises on her face from the abuse by her father, who was an alcoholic. “I was really frustrated about that and just how

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — “I’m going to let him go wild on health,” former President Donald Trump promised Sunday at his rally at Madison Square Garden. “I’m going to get him go wild on the food. I’m going to let him go wild on the medicines.” Trump was talking about Robert F. Kennedy

By Sam Tupper, CNN (CNN) — Four free home Covid-19 antigen tests are available to order at COVIDTests.gov, part of the seventh round of the federal government’s test-distribution program. And although this round of test orders has been going on for only a month, some people have reported that some tests are nearing their expiration

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages, according to an analysis of health records by Truveta Research. When the storm hit western North Carolina last month, flooding and other damage

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — A class of chemicals –– likely in products all over many homes in the United States –– could be impacting your hormone health. The question is how worried should people be about these endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as phthalates, BPA or bisphenol A, and brominated flame retardants? The scientific

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching Lassa fever, state officials said Monday. The virus, which is in the same viral hemorrhagic fever category as Ebola, is rarely seen in the United States. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

By Andrea Kane, CNN Editor’s note: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here.   (CNN) — Halloween is creeping closer. And with it come thoughts about costumes, pumpkins, ghastly decorations and — of course — candy. Who

By Sam Tupper, CNN (CNN) — More than 600,000 people in the US will have their first stroke this year. The American Stroke Association wants to arm doctors and patients with the knowledge to help lower that number. For the first time in a decade, the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart

By Michelle Watson and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — McDonald’s will resume selling Quarter Pounders in all restaurants this week after considering new data regarding an E. coli outbreak linked to its famed burgers, the company announced Sunday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Tuesday warning that dozens of people had

Essay by Jessica Schneider, CNN (CNN) — It was the night before we would find out if our fifth – and likely final – try at an embryo transfer worked, and I sat on the couch with my husband, sobbing into a blanket. For the 10 days after having the embryo transferred to my uterus,

By Brenda Goodman and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The benefits of puberty-blocking drugs for transgender children are drawing fresh attention after the scientist leading a major federally funded study was quoted by The New York Times as saying she had delayed publication of some of her results because of fears that they would be

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has led to 75 illness across 13 states, including 22 hospitalizations and one death, according to new data posted Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration. Two of the hospitalized

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious disease experts say. “It’s very much been on our radar since early summer,