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By Maggie Fox, CNN A cheap, generically available anti-depressant may reduce the risk of severe Covid-19 disease by close to a third in people at high risk, researchers reported Wednesday. A trial among about 1,500 patients in Brazil showed those who took the drug, known as fluvoxamine, were less likely to progress to severe disease

By Katia Hetter, CNN A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Tuesday that the agency grant emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Next, the FDA decides whether to authorize the vaccine, and then the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee will

By Casey Barber, CNN Quinoa has reached a level of superfood status not seen since the great kale takeover of the aughts. Equally embraced and mocked in pop culture, it’s become the symbol of the grain bowl generation. It’s not the only whole grain that’s worth bringing to the table, however. The world of whole

By Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 17-0 with one abstention Tuesday to recommend emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. Members of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee agreed the benefits of vaccinating younger children appeared to outweigh

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN I am a card-carrying scaredy-cat. I’ve never seen “Halloween” (any of them). Or “Scream” or “Saw” or “The Blair Witch Project” or “It.” My kids know better than to suggest it — I’ve embarrassed them too many times by squealing loudly in the theater when some small scare pops up from

By Lauren Kent, CNN Running shoes, keys, watch — I used to always grab the essentials before heading out for a jog. When I first began running in high school on the track team, it made sense to carefully clock every mile and push myself to race for personal bests. But as I transitioned from

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent On September 17, Mayra Arana made the phone call she says saved her life. Arana had been vaccinated against Covid-19, but she developed a breakthrough infection. She feared the virus might kill her, since her immune system is weak after years of treatment for leukemia. Arana’s family physician

By Katie Hurley, CNN An 11-year-old girl was petrified — her word — of needles, so much so that she didn’t want to talk about it with me. She couldn’t talk about it without becoming visibly upset. Her heart raced, her breathing became rapid, and her stomach hurt when she tried to answer my questions.

By Alaa Elassar and Nadia Kounang, CNN The nation’s top infectious disease expert says some 28 million children ages 5 to 11 in the United States may be able to receive their Covid-19 vaccine in the first two weeks of November. With the US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory group set to discuss a