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By Niamh Kennedy, Fred Pleitgen and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Germany has issued what appears to be the strongest recommendation anywhere for the mixing of Covid-19 vaccines on efficacy grounds. The German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) said Thursday that people who receive a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine “should get an mRNA vaccine as

By Katia Hetter, CNN With the Fourth of July holiday weekend upon us, many people are attending small backyard barbecues, pool parties and bigger celebrations like large gatherings or firework displays. What safety precautions should people keep in mind, especially with the more contagious Delta variant on the rise? What are the risks to vaccinated

By Kari Cobham, CNN I tapped gently on the driver’s window while my toddler pressed his back to the passenger door inside the car. “I don’t want to go!” he wailed. We were just over a week into day care drop-off, and the excitement of new people and spaces had worn off. A disorienting world

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Josh Clark’s journey to becoming a lifelong runner began with a painful breakup in 1994. To help himself recover, the then-23-year-old public television producer started to run, an activity he hated. “There was probably a little bit of self-punishment to it,” said Clark, founder of Big Medium, a digital agency

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Josh Clark’s journey to becoming a lifelong runner began with a painful breakup in 1994. To help himself recover, the then-23-year-old public television producer started to run, an activity he hated. “There was probably a little bit of self-punishment to it,” said Clark, founder of Big Medium, a digital agency

By Kari Cobham, CNN I tapped gently on the driver’s window while my toddler pressed his back to the passenger door inside the car. “I don’t want to go!” he wailed. We were just over a week into day care drop-off, and the excitement of new people and spaces had worn off. A disorienting world

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Local officials are sounding the alarm over an increase in Covid-19 infections just as the nation prepares to celebrate a Fourth of July holiday that many hoped would mark the start of the resumption of normal life. In Arkansas, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, cases

By Aya Elamroussi, Douglas S. Wood and Claire Colbert, CNN People can celebrate the Fourth of July as long as they take the appropriate precautions, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday, while urging people to “get vaccinated.” Asked whether it was appropriate to hold a mass gathering and fireworks display on the National Mall in Washington,

By Maggie Fox, CNN The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine provides immunity that lasts at least eight months, and it appears to provide adequate protection against the worrying Delta variant, the company said in a statement Thursday night. “Current data for the eight months studied so far show that the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19

By Maggie Fox, CNN The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine provides immunity that lasts at least eight months, and it appears to provide adequate protection against the worrying Delta variant, the company said in a statement Thursday night. “Current data for the eight months studied so far show that the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19

By Katia Hetter, CNN With the Fourth of July holiday weekend upon us, many people are attending small backyard barbecues, pool parties and bigger celebrations like large gatherings or firework displays. What safety precautions should people keep in mind, especially with the more contagious Delta variant on the rise? What are the risks to vaccinated

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN You don’t have to be Southern to love fried chicken, buttered biscuits, sausage gravy, sweet tea or any of the other fried and fat- or sugar-laden foods typical of this American region. But a new study found eating a steady diet of traditional Southern food can make you 46% more likely

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN You don’t have to be Southern to love fried chicken, buttered biscuits, sausage gravy, sweet tea or any of the other fried and fat- or sugar-laden foods typical of this American region. But a new study found eating a steady diet of traditional Southern food can make you 46% more likely

By Katie Hunt, CNN Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science supports that feeling. Studies have shown that laughing is linked to our physical, emotional and mental well-being — even our relationships. Here are some things you might not know about laughter. Laughter was a survival tool Laughter is thought

By Katie Hunt, CNN Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science supports that feeling. Studies have shown that laughing is linked to our physical, emotional and mental well-being — even our relationships. Here are some things you might not know about laughter. Laughter was a survival tool Laughter is thought

By Gregory McNamee, CNN If you were a kid raised anytime between the 1930s and the 1970s — or raised by someone who was raised then — chances are good that you grew up with the idea that spinach was a muscle builder par excellence. We owe that notion to a comic-strip cartoonist named Elzie

By Gregory McNamee, CNN If you were a kid raised anytime between the 1930s and the 1970s — or raised by someone who was raised then — chances are good that you grew up with the idea that spinach was a muscle builder par excellence. We owe that notion to a comic-strip cartoonist named Elzie