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By Allison Hope, CNN For those folks who may be finding that holiday cheer is harder to come by this year, there is an alternative to the cheery decking of the halls. There is an available option to celebrate a holiday and maintain a healthy dose of grumpiness. That’s right, there is Festivus. December 23

By Melissa Mahtani, CNN Planning meals, traveling and shopping for gifts are widely understood holiday stress factors for a lot of people, but receiving presents can also stir up uncomfortable feelings — what’s known as “gift guilt.” Some may gasp at this notion, but it’s a real phenomenon. You may think you should feel lucky

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Seasonal flu activity remains high in the United States, but continues to slow in most parts of the country, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospital admissions for flu decreased for the second week in a row last week. There were about 21,000

By Brenda Goodman, CNN With an early and severe flu season straining resources, the Biden administration says it will release the prescription antiviral Tamiflu from the Strategic National Stockpile to states and territories that request it. The US Department of Health and Human services said Wednesday this should help ease access to the medication —

By Carma Hassan, CNN Children’s hospitals are already full of sick kids and bracing for a potential increase in respiratory illnesses after holiday gatherings. Any respite that hospital emergency rooms have gotten from falling RSV levels has vanished in the face of climbing flu case counts. “Influenza activity is high and is driving a significant

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN When winter storms force us to brace for freezing rain, wind, sleet and snow, lives can be in danger. A developing “bomb cyclone” prompted alerts for tens of millions of people from Washington state to Maryland, according to the National Weather Service. The storm will affect much of the country, but

Opinion by Allison Hope, CNN It started with one person releasing a long, productive unmasked cough into the stale, recycled air on the rush hour train. The bodily fluids hung in the air like a certified holiday wrecking ball. In a matter of days, that single exhalation had transformed into a chorus of viral aerosols

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Increased demand has led CVS and Walgreens to limit purchases of children’s pain-relief medicine, the companies confirmed to CNN on Monday. Rite Aid said on Wednesday it’s limiting certain online purchases. Manufacturers of these medications say that they aren’t sure when the shortfalls might end and that they’re working at full

By Katherine Dillinger and Jen Christensen, CNN An independent panel of experts says its review of the US Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco program found numerous wide-ranging problems that hinder its ability to regulate the industry and reduce tobacco-related disease and death. FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf requested the review in July, anticipating the complex