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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As the number of monkeypox cases climbs amid an ongoing global outbreak, US health officials said Friday that they are ramping up testing and contact tracing and expanding access to vaccines and treatments. As part of those efforts, about 1,200 doses of vaccine for monkeypox have been offered in the United

By John Duffy, CNN There’s a crisis in teen mental health, suggesting a marked increase in mental illness, sadness and teen hopelessness, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These findings leave many experts wondering whether the pandemic drove an increase in diagnosable mental health disorders in teenagers or if the impact

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN American producer, writer and director Norman Lear, creator of such iconic 1970s television characters as the bigoted blowhard Archie Bunker in the sitcom “All in the Family,” turns 100 in July. On Thursday, at an early celebration for Lear at the Life Itself conference, a health and wellness event presented in

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again. Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves. In his team’s first breakthrough, published in late

By Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman, CNN A monkeypox outbreak continues to grow in countries where the virus isn’t normally found, putting global health officials on high alert. Now with more than 643 cases of monkeypox in dozens of countries where the virus is not endemic, “the sudden appearance of monkeypox in many countries at

CNN Editorial Research Hoof-and-mouth disease (also known as foot-and-mouth disease) is a communicable virus affecting cattle, pigs and other cloven-hoofed animals. Hoof-and-mouth disease is not related to hand, foot, and mouth disease, a virus that infects humans. About It is a member of the genus Aphthovirus in the family Picornaviridae. There are seven types of

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at E. coli outbreaks in the United States. General Information (from the CDC) There are many strains of the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli). Most strains are harmless and live in the intestines of healthy humans and animals. Some kinds of E. coli cause disease by producing Shiga toxin.

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about MERS, or Middle East respiratory syndrome. MERS is a viral respiratory illness brought on by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). It is in the same family of viruses as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) as well as the common cold. The illness was first reported in

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu. There was a pandemic outbreak across the globe which lasted from 2009 to 2010. Human cases of H1N1 from April 2009-April 2010 Fatalities in the United States – Estimated total is 12,469. Fatalities Worldwide – A 2012 study estimated

By Nadia Kounang and Katherine Dillinger, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they have completed their submission requesting emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for their Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 6 months to 5 years. Data from a phase 2/3 trial of the vaccine included 1,678 children who had

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The first time molecular biologist Doris Taylor saw heart stem cells beat in unison in a petri dish, she was spellbound. “It actually changed my life,” said Taylor, who directed regenerative medicine research at Texas Heart Institute in Houston until 2020. “I said to myself, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s life.’ I

By Megan Marples, CNN The earthy, caffeine-infused coffee drink may hold more power than waking you up in the morning. Drinking either sweetened or unsweetened coffee is associated with a lower death risk compared with not drinking the beverage, according to a new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers surveyed 171,616

By Ayana Archie and Brandon Griggs, CNN June is Pride Month, when the world’s LGBTQ communities come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves. Pride gatherings are rooted in the arduous history of minority groups who have struggled for decades to overcome prejudice and be accepted for who they are. The original organizers chose

By Virginia Langmaid, Arnaud Siad and Emmet Lyons, CNN The World Health Organization is now counting more than 550 monkeypox cases worldwide, the group’s technical lead for monkeypox, Rosamund Lewis, said Tuesday on CNN International. “We actually have today a count of over 550 confirmed cases in 30 countries across four of WHO’s six regions,”