By Katia Hetter, CNN As Americans head into the Thanksgiving holiday, I know everyone talks about being grateful, and that can feel rote or even cruel during a pandemic when so many and much have been lost. But I am truly grateful. I am grateful for the scientists who worked so hard for decades, hoping
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN As Americans head into the Thanksgiving holiday, I know everyone talks about being grateful, and that can feel rote or even cruel during a pandemic when so many and much have been lost. But I am truly grateful. I am grateful for the scientists who worked so hard for decades, hoping
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By Jacqueline Howard and Dakin Andone, CNN If you and your family members are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, it’s OK for you to ditch the masks this holiday season when you’re around each other, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Sunday. “That’s what I’m going to do with my family,” Fauci, the director of the National
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, with Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa following in quick succession. It’s a stressful time of year when times are normal — and the second year of the pandemic is anything but normal, especially when combined with inflation, gas prices, food and
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, with Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa following in quick succession. It’s a stressful time of year when times are normal — and the second year of the pandemic is anything but normal, especially when combined with inflation, gas prices, food and
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Now that the United States has rolled out Covid-19 booster shots for all fully vaccinated adults, some parents have been wondering if or when their vaccinated teenagers might need to get a booster dose of vaccine — and researchers are working to have an answer soon. Currently, a booster dose of
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, Jacqueline Howard, Maggie Fox and John Bonifield, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorsed the use of Covid-19 vaccine boosters Friday for all adults. Walensky made her recommendation just hours after CDC vaccine advisers voted unanimously to recommend booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines
Continue Reading By Jamie Gumbrecht, Jacqueline Howard, Maggie Fox and John Bonifield, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorsed the use of Covid-19 vaccine boosters Friday for all adults. Walensky made her recommendation just hours after CDC vaccine advisers voted unanimously to recommend booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN You know that special bond your mother seems to have with your kids? The one she doesn’t seem to have with anyone else — even you? You’re not just imagining it, according to a new study. Unlike other primates, humans rely on one another to help raise their children, and often
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN You know that special bond your mother seems to have with your kids? The one she doesn’t seem to have with anyone else — even you? You’re not just imagining it, according to a new study. Unlike other primates, humans rely on one another to help raise their children, and often
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Flu season may be getting under way, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. While influenza activity is very low in the United States, it’s getting started and there’s enough to indicate that there will be at least some kind of flu season this year, unlike last year, when
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By Maggie Fox, CNN A fresh look at the possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic points straight back to the Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a scientist who has been studying the pandemic from the beginning asserted Thursday. The researcher, Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona, has put together a
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Vials found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania that were marked “smallpox” contained virus used to make the vaccine and not the virus that causes the disease, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The CDC confirmed Tuesday that a few vials marked smallpox had been found
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Vials found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania that were marked “smallpox” contained virus used to make the vaccine and not the virus that causes the disease, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The CDC confirmed Tuesday that a few vials marked smallpox had been found
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN A fresh look at the possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic points straight back to the Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a scientist who has been studying the pandemic from the beginning asserted Thursday. The researcher, Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona, has put together a
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on an “emerging public health concern” of people losing their sense of smell, according to new research published Thursday. The research published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery estimated that between 700,000 and 1.6 million people in the US who had Covid-19 have lost or had
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By Katia Hetter, CNN Winter is almost here. After weeks of steady decline, Covid-19 cases appear to be on the rise again. Is a surge inevitable? How should families think about the winter ahead? What can they do to prepare and get through this period safely? I discussed all of these questions with our expert,
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By Maggie Fox, CNN An influenza pandemic like the pandemic of 1918 could be even worse than Covid-19 has been, and the world is not ready to deal with it, the National Academy of Medicine said in a series of reports released Wednesday. Work needs to begin now to start developing next-generation vaccines, and to
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By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Walking is the most popular aerobic physical activity in the United States, with 111 million people hitting the pavement in 2018 as part of their fitness goals. In addition, walking’s sister activity, hiking, enticed 57.8 million Americans to get out on the trails in 2020, a figure that has increased
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The 5:2 diet, a type of intermittent fasting, is no more effective than traditional approaches to weight loss, according to what researchers said was the first study of the regimen in a “real-life setting.” However, the researchers found that the approach, which involves two days of heavily restricting calories (500 calories
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