Health

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Using marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor fetal development, low infant birth weight, dangerously early deliveries and even death, according to a new meta-analysis of research. “The most striking finding is the increased risk of perinatal mortality — death either during the pregnancy or shortly after the pregnancy,”

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Spill didn’t cry when she was diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer at age 28. She held her emotions together when her surgeon told her that she might not be able to carry another baby — treatment with radiation can significantly affect fertility — and that she might

By Ian Kerner, CNN (CNN) — Do you walk around resenting your partner? Do you dread coming home from work as much as, if not more than, going to work? Are you too tired for date night, much less the sex that might follow? When you think of the future, does it feel like it’s

Personal essay by Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN (CNN) — It was the first day that felt like spring in New Hampshire, and college students swarmed the green in front of the colonial buildings on campus to hang out in the longed-for sun. It wasn’t even warm yet, at least to me. Back home in South

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new list of measures targeting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, which contaminate nearly half the drinking water in the United States. But public health experts have concerns about what that list doesn’t include. “There are a lot of vague promises

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an agencywide “scientific process” on treating measles and other conditions with medications as well as alternative therapies such as vitamins, HHS said in a

By Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat that hasn’t been achieved for the past 45: the development of a universal flu vaccine that could protect against multiple virus strains with pandemic potential,

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The public health practice of adding fluoride to drinking water is facing heavy scrutiny from the Trump administration, and toothpaste companies are being pulled into the fray now, too. The Texas attorney general announced Thursday that he has launched an investigation into two major toothpaste manufacturers – the Colgate-Palmolive

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly four times the number at the same point last year. In 2024, there were more than 35,000 cases of whooping cough in the United States, the highest in more than a

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to karma, most people believe the universe is their own personal cheerleader — but an exacting judge for everyone else, according to a new study published May 1 by the American Psychological Association in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Researchers asked more than 2,000

By Jen Christensen and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a 400-page review of treatment for gender dysphoria in children but did not disclose who authored or reviewed the report. The report follows several actions by President Donald Trump’s administration to halt gender-affirming treatment of

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in placebo-controlled trials before they’re licensed for use, raising urgent questions about the system used to clear updated Covid-19 boosters each respiratory virus season. “Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, all new vaccines

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As artificial food dyes are becoming increasingly restricted at state and federal levels, some manufacturers are looking to switch to natural dyes to color their food products. US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced in an April 22 briefing that the agency plans to work with

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There is happiness, and then there is flourishing. And as new research has found, having one doesn’t always mean having the other, too. Flourishing indicates you’re living a good life, and it is more than individual happiness — it is evaluated from multiple dimensions, including health, financial security, meaning

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys, may have contributed to more than 10% of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 among men and women ages 55 through 64, a new study found. “Phthalates contribute