By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Suicides in the United States decreased by 3% from 2019 to 2020, despite risk factors for suicide generally increasing, according to data published Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics — part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicides among men declined 2%, and suicides among women
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By Katia Hetter, CNN As children ages 5 to 11 years old began receiving the Covid-19 vaccine last week, families across the country have been breathing a great sigh of relief. Their younger kids will soon be much better protected against the coronavirus. But will it be in time for Thanksgiving? Will we be able
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By John Bonifield, CNN Data from a real-world study assessing Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine finds it is 73.6% effective, according to research published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The study evaluated patients within the Mayo Clinic Health System between February and July of this year. The researchers followed nearly 9,000 patients vaccinated
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN It took a lot of work, but you finally stopped reaching for the pint of ice cream after a long day or a disagreement with your partner. But now what? When it comes to living a happier, healthier life, breaking bad habits is the first step. What comes next is filling
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Millions of child-size doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine are being shipped from the company’s facilities to distribution centers across the country — ready to go out to pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices, the Biden administration said Monday. They’re just waiting for the OK from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday evening she was endorsing a recommendation to vaccinate children ages 5-11 against Covid-19, clearing the way for immediate vaccination of the youngest age group yet in the United States. “CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 million
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By Sherry Liang, CNN A full belly makes a happy heart, but your heart will be happier if you focus on sustaining long-term habits. Heart-healthy eating starts with your eating patterns, according to the American Heart Association’s recent scientific statement, “2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health.” That doesn’t mean giving up takeout or that
Continue Reading By Sherry Liang, CNN A full belly makes a happy heart, but your heart will be happier if you focus on sustaining long-term habits. Heart-healthy eating starts with your eating patterns, according to the American Heart Association’s recent scientific statement, “2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health.” That doesn’t mean giving up takeout or that
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By Rob Picheta, CNN At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with lockdowns; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing were strongly encouraged — if not
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with lockdowns; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing were strongly encouraged — if not
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By Megan Marples, CNN Children are racking up hours of screen time since the pandemic began, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. Adolescents reported that they spent nearly eight hours a day in front of a screen, double their pre-pandemic estimates of nearly four hours per day, according to a study
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN Children are racking up hours of screen time since the pandemic began, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. Adolescents reported that they spent nearly eight hours a day in front of a screen, double their pre-pandemic estimates of nearly four hours per day, according to a study
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The United States’ Covid-19 vaccination program for children ages 5 to 11 will be “running at full strength” next week, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said during a virtual White House briefing Monday. “While vaccinations may start later this week, the program will still be ramping up to its
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By Elissa Strauss, CNN During school shutdowns, educators did their best to re-create in-class learning online. But what about the kind of learning that happens in the hallways in-between classes, or on the playground during lunch and after school? Those in-person social interactions, the sort that emotionally challenge, enlighten and torment our children, were not
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By Maggie Fox, CNN It’s among parents’ top worries around kids getting vaccinated against Covid-19: Could the vaccine somehow impair their child’s future fertility? A survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation last week found that 66% of parents of 5- to 11-year-olds worried that vaccines might negatively impact children’s fertility later on. Doctors and
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By Megan Marples, CNN “Trick or treat!” Those words will be echoing in neighborhoods across the country as children go door-to-door in search of delicious treats this Halloween. Going trick-or-treating outdoors is a low-risk activity, according to CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen. Families should assess if they are comfortable going to higher-risk indoor activities,
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Many pediatricians have already placed their orders for child-sized doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and are anxiously awaiting their shipments of shots. And parents are coming at them with a lot of questions: When can my child come in to get their vaccine? And what are the side effects? But
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN “Trick or treat!” Those words will be echoing in neighborhoods across the country as children go door-to-door in search of delicious treats this Halloween. Going trick-or-treating outdoors is a low-risk activity, according to CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen. Families should assess if they are comfortable going to higher-risk indoor activities,
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The tides are turning against Facebook. But no matter how much they may want to, some people just can’t seem to break away. Controversy has spilled out of the tens of thousands of pages of internal company documents leaked by company whistleblower Frances Haugen, who said the files show that the
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent If you’re vaccinated against Covid-19 and wondering if you’re eligible for a booster shot, the answer is probably yes. After months of debate about who should be eligible for a booster, an analysis done for CNN shows that at least 89% of vaccinated American adults are eligible once
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