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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

By Aya Elamroussi, Douglas C. 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 Katie Hunt, CNN When it comes to our closest adult relationships, the ones we have with our siblings often take a back seat. Parent-child relationships, romantic relationships and peer relationships hog our collective attention, but we’re tethered to our brothers and sister far longer; for many of us, our sibling relationships are the longest-lasting

By Aya Elamroussi and Amir Vera, CNN The Delta variant of Covid 19 has now been detected in all 50 states and Washington, DC, according to the latest tally from CNN. The last state to report the variant is South Dakota, which confirmed its first case on Tuesday. With the more transmissible variant spreading, this

By Maggie Fox, CNN The Delta variant of the coronavirus is worrying officials around the world. Four major Australian cities went into a four-day “circuit-breaker” lockdown this week to try and stop it from spreading. Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced looser vaccination policies to try to get more people immunized before the variant could

By Megan Marples, CNN As the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, doctors are concerned it could create another spike in Covid-19 cases in the fall, especially in areas where vaccination levels are low. While many Americans have taken the opportunity to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, children younger

By Megan Marples, CNN As the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, doctors are concerned it could create another spike in Covid-19 cases in the fall, especially in areas where vaccination levels are low. While many Americans have taken the opportunity to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, children younger

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN The Delta variant of Covid-19 is more contagious than other lineages, and is spreading rapidly in under-vaccinated populations. While vaccination is a matter of choice for adults, many children — particularly those under the age of 12 — cannot get vaccinated at all. That leaves a lot of uncertainty, especially for

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN The Delta variant of Covid-19 is more contagious than other lineages, and is spreading rapidly in under-vaccinated populations. While vaccination is a matter of choice for adults, many children — particularly those under the age of 12 — cannot get vaccinated at all. That leaves a lot of uncertainty, especially for

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says he is concerned that the Detla variant of Covid-19 is behind the rise in cases of coronavirus in the US and warned that the unvaccinated are at risk because it spreads faster than any known variant.

By Maggie Fox, CNN The Delta variant of the coronavirus is worrying officials around the world. Four major Australian cities went into a four-day “circuit-breaker” lockdown this week to try and stop it from spreading. Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced looser vaccination policies to try to get more people immunized before the variant could

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The unprecedented heat wave that’s scorching parts of Northern America isn’t letting up just yet. More than 50 million people are under heat alerts Wednesday across the West and Northeast US, while high temperatures are also continuing to bake parts of western Canada. Lytton, British Columbia, hit 121 degrees Fahrenheit on

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The unprecedented heat wave that’s scorching parts of Northern America isn’t letting up just yet. More than 50 million people are under heat alerts Wednesday across the West and Northeast US, while high temperatures are also continuing to bake parts of western Canada. Lytton, British Columbia, hit 121 degrees Fahrenheit on

By Dana Santas, CNN In Part I of the series, I outlined the overall power of breathing to impact our bodies and minds. Then in Part II, I shared how our breathing pattern can impact posture, movement and pain. Those articles demonstrated how the quality of our breathing pattern — good or bad — has