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Recipe by Rahaf Al Bochi, CNN Photographs by Heather Fulbright, CNN Elevate your breakfast by whipping Greek yogurt with warm cardamom spice. A topping of medjool dates adds sweetness and pistachios lend crunch. Whole-milk Greek yogurt is rich in protein compared to regular yogurt, providing a great boost to your morning meal. Makes 2 servings

By Rahaf Al Bochi, CNN Photographs by Heather Fulbright, CNN This kid-pleasing meal is easy and wholesome. The pizza comes together in no time, using pita bread and simple Mediterranean pantry staples. The whole-wheat pita adds a boost of fiber. Invite your child to help you create fun faces with the toppings. Makes 2 servings

By Amir Vera and Deidre McPhillips, CNN September marks a year and a half since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic and the United States issued a national emergency because of the virus. In recent weeks and months, though, many Americans have focused on other issues, including the US withdrawal

By Maggie Fox, CNN What finally did it for Nathan, the parent of a young child at a small Catholic school in California, was the seating chart that showed how a teacher infected at least 12 of 24 students in her class with the coronavirus. “We had never seen that seating chart before,” Nathan told

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Earlier this summer, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Preventio, made a call to Dr. Eric Rubin, editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, asking him to do something unconventional. She knew his journal was reviewing a CDC study

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Due to the surge of Covid-19 cases, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking unvaccinated Americans not to travel during the Labor Day holiday weekend. The US is surpassing an average of 160,000 new cases a day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. With

By Nadia Kounang, Virginia Langmaid and Amanda Sealy, CNN Two senior leaders in the US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine review office are stepping down, even as the agency works toward high-profile decisions around Covid-19 vaccine approvals, authorizations for younger children and booster shots. The retirements of Dr. Marion Gruber, director of the Office of

By Virginia Langmaid New case study data published Tuesday offers another cautionary tale about the importance of Covid-19 vaccination and testing at large, in-person gatherings. By August, 180 Covid-19 cases had been traced back to a five-day overnight church camp for teenagers and a two-day men’s conference, both held in June. Five people were hospitalized.

By Holly Yan, CNN More kids were hospitalized with Covid-19 this month than any other time this past year — proving how seriously the Delta variant can hit any age group. Between August 20 and 26, an average of 330 children were admitted to hospitals every day with Covid-19, according to the US Centers for

By Jessica DuLong, CNN Given the pandemic’s extra stressors, it can be hard for parents to know what’s weighing on our kids or how to help. Whether adolescents are struggling with the impact of Covid-19 on their lives or more ordinary issues around friends, grades, extracurriculars or graduation and what comes after, psychologist Lisa Damour

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN As Covid-19 cases surge across the US, particularly among unvaccinated Americans, hospitals have been pushed to their limits treating the influx of patients — and five states are nearly out of ICU beds. Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida and Arkansas have less than 10% left of their ICU bed capacity, according to

By Maggie Fox, CNN Overall effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines has not dropped much yet for most vaccinated Americans, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisers were told Monday. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met Monday to discuss the potential eventual need for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine — although they did not

By Maggie Fox, CNN Genetics researchers who have been watching for new coronavirus variants say they’ve seen a troubling new lineage that carries many of the same hallmarks as other strains, including Alpha, Beta and Gamma. The variant they are watching, called C.1.2, has popped up across South Africa as well as in seven other

By Kristen Rogers, CNN How long older adults sleep could affect their brain health, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology. Disrupted sleep is common in late life, the study authors wrote, and associated with changes in cognitive function — the mental capacity for learning, thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making, remembering and