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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Parents, children and experts are still concerned about children returning to school amid surging Covid-19 cases, the prevalence of the Delta variant, lax safety measures and the inability of children younger than 12 to get vaccinated, according to a new poll. Looking at the 2021-2022 school year, parents report that their

By Travis Caldwell and Holly Yan, CNN With the “imminent” full approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine expected, more businesses will likely issue vaccine mandates to help prevent the Delta variant from sending the country further backward in this pandemic, doctors say. “For businesses and universities that have been thinking about putting vaccine requirements in place

By Casey Barber, CNN We all have a soft spot in our heart for buttered noodles, but it’s not going to cut it for a family dinner on the regular. Luckily, pasta is a quick meal that nearly always tastes fancier than it really is — and it’s easy for teens and tweens to cook

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the continued spread of the more infectious Delta variant, health and elected officials warned that hospitals across the country are reaching critical levels of Covid-19 patients, especially in areas with lower vaccination rates. Overall hospitalizations are continuing to increase across Alabama as the “pandemic of unvaccinated people continues,” state health

By Katia Hetter, CNN Covid-19 vaccines are very effective against preventing infection, but no vaccine is 100% effective. Fully vaccinated people can and do become infected. It’s not known exactly how many of these breakthrough infections are occurring, as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not collecting national data this comprehensive. Based

By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is “imminent,” a senior federal official told CNN on Friday — but said no date has been mentioned. A person familiar with plan told CNN the decision is expected early next week, and a

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A plan to offer booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Americans starting in September adds yet another item to the already full list of pandemic duties in front of the US Food and Drug Administration. But boosters are unlikely to slow the agency’s work in considering full approval for Covid-19 vaccines

By Stephanie Mansour, CNN Do you wake up in the middle of the night feeling an ache in your back or stiffness in your shoulders? Or do you have a hard time falling asleep because your mind is racing? Not only is a good night’s sleep important for energy and focus, but it’s especially important

By Travis Caldwell and Dakin Andone, CNN With an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, more Americans have recently made the decision to get vaccinated than in the last six weeks. More than 1 million doses of the vaccine were reported administered Thursday, new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed, marking

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The pace of Covid-19 hospitalizations is surging across the US, with the rates for children and adults under 50 hitting their highest levels yet, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every age group under 50 has surpassed its previous record of hospitalizations, which were recorded in

By Jen Christensen, CNN A pair of new studies out Thursday find a “very concerning” rise in the number of climate-related deaths and paint a picture of world where people struggle with regular temperature extremes. One of the studies finds the number of deaths caused by high temperatures increased by 74% globally between 1980 and