Health

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

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A new Netflix docuseries reveals never-before-seen details about the story of travel vlogger Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman killed by her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, during a cross-country road trip in 2021. Like many domestic violence cases, the story depicted in “American Murder: Gabby Petito” sparked outrage over the lack

By Katia Hetter and Stephen Mays, CNN (CNN) — It’s almost time for clocks to “spring forward” one hour and lose one hour of sleep. On the second Sunday of March, at 2 a.m., clocks in most of the United States and many other countries move forward one hour and stay there for nearly eight

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — I know I’m supposed to gradually go to bed and get up earlier over the course of a week or two before Daylight Saving Time hits. (I’m the one who assigns those kinds of stories strongly suggesting you do it.) Did I do it? No, I did not. Here

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Disney fans probably remember the scene in the classic 1961 film “101 Dalmatians” in which the Dalmatian Pongo sits by a window, watching other dogs and their owners walk by outside. Each dog that goes past looks uncannily like its owner. Dogs who resemble their human owners has been

By Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong evidence that vaccines do not cause autism. The agency will conduct the study using

By Deidre McPhillips and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus can infect humans through contact with rodents – most commonly through the deer mouse in the United

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 230 measles cases have been identified in outbreaks in West Texas and a nearby county in New Mexico. Experts say the rising totals – and two recent deaths – suggest that cases are vastly undercounted. In the West Texas outbreak, 198 measles cases have been reported, the Texas

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — The winter flu season is still in full force, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, causing many sufferers to halt their exercise regimen. But not every illness requires you to set down your gym bag. While moderate to severe ailments require a certain amount

By Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — A team from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived in Texas this week to aid in the response to a growing measles outbreak, and US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that they would talk to “front-line doctors and

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — Health officials in New Mexico are investigating the cause of death of an unvaccinated person who tested positive for measles, the state health department said Thursday. The Lea County resident had not sought out health care, according to the New Mexico Department of Health, but no further details were

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration told senators in a tense confirmation hearing Thursday that, if confirmed as FDA commissioner, he plans to evaluate school lunches, the abortion pill mifepristone and agency advisory committees. Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon and researcher at Johns

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Swapping your daily butter intake for certain plant-based oils may help reduce your risk of death, a new study finds. These findings challenge the growing social media trend that attacks seed oils in favor of butter, ghee and animal fats. “Seed oils are one of the most unhealthy ingredients

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Maybe the most useful advice I ever received came from my dad when I went away to college. “When you are feeling lonely, sad, overwhelmed or unmotivated, just put on your sneakers. You don’t have to put pressure on what you do next,” he told me. “But once your

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A common but potentially dangerous vaginal infection that affects nearly 1 in 3 women globally should be considered a sexually transmitted disease, a new study says. Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is currently viewed as a woman’s issue, thus leaving the sexual partner untreated. “I started getting them quite recurrently.