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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The first look at trends following most of the winter holidays shows that seasonal virus activity remains elevated and continues to rise across the United States, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As infections and hospitalizations mount, the CDC continues to emphasize the importance

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — When she started taking the weight loss medication Wegovy in November 2021, Macarena Khoury had a BMI of 37, and she spent most of her day thinking about food. “All the time. All day. Like, ‘I’m hungry. I need to eat this. Why did I eat this?’ or ‘OK, I’m not

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Improve your life in 2024 by following our Life, But Better advice for sleep, food, fitness, stress reduction and more. Start with some tips from our Adulthood, But Better newsletter series. Sometimes to achieve your goals, you have to go back to the basics, and there’s no better time than

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Improve your life in 2024 by following our Life, But Better advice for sleep, food, fitness, stress reduction and more. Start with our science-backed guidance on fitness. It’s the season for resolutions. Many people are looking to make positive changes in their lifestyles. Which are the ones that will make

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — A multistate outbreak of salmonella has been linked to recalled Busseto Foods charcuterie meats, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a food safety alert on Friday. Twenty-four illnesses, including five hospitalizations, have been reported in 14 states: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey,

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The connection that comes from friends, family and partners isn’t just nice to have — it’s crucial. Nearly 1 in 4 adults across the world have reported feeling very or fairly lonely, a 2023 Meta-Gallup survey has found. “For too long, loneliness has existed behind the shadows, unseen and underappreciated,

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Before beginning any new exercise program, consult your doctor. Stop immediately if you experience pain. Today, many people are turning to social media for their fitness routines, with TikTok one of the most popular platforms. Indeed, its fitness category — dubbed FitTok — has some 300

By Jacqueline Howard and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Winter storms can derail our daily schedules and travel plans — but extreme cold, freezing rain, wind and snow can also affect our health. In recent years, death rates in the United States have been 8% to 12% higher during winter months, according to mortality data

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Use of the medicine semaglutide for weight loss or type 2 diabetes wasn’t associated with a higher risk of suicidal ideation than other medicines for those conditions in a large new review of US health records that was backed by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers used a

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After recent moves by weight loss companies WW and Noom into telehealth prescribing, drugmaker Eli Lilly is starting a service that will connect people needing medications for obesity, diabetes and migraine to virtual medical care and says it will deliver medications directly to their homes. The new service, LillyDirect,

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — This is not going to be the year that you make big plans to be more active and then burn out a few weeks into 2024. Exercise is important — even if you aren’t aiming to be a triathlete. Regular movement helps with longevity, makes us happier and fights

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is evaluating reports of side effects such as hair loss and suicidal thoughts in people taking medications like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy. These drugs, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, are approved to treat diabetes or weight loss. They include semaglutide, branded as Ozempic,

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Your health resolutions for the new year may need to include getting checked for hearing aids. Wearing hearing aids if you need them may help protect you from early death, according to a new study published Wednesday in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal. “What we found was that there

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — People who have more interrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s are more than twice as likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to a new study. In the early 2000s, the researchers tracked the quality of sleep for hundreds of people during two overnight

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — For the seventh year in a row, the Mediterranean style of eating earned the title of best overall diet, according to 2024 ratings that U.S. News & World Report announced Wednesday. The Mediterranean diet also ranked first in the categories of easiest diet to follow, best family-friendly diet, best

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If feeling more relaxed is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, maybe you’re looking for a practice outside of the classic “work out and get more sleep” suggestions. Five other techniques CNN explored this year could add a little variety to your stress-management toolbox. Stress is a normal

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection. The bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii, can cause serious infections in the lungs, urinary tract and blood, according to the

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Amid significant upheaval to the abortion landscape in the United States, thousands of women have preemptively requested medication abortion pills in case they need them in the future, new research shows. Aid Access, a nonprofit telehealth service, provides medication abortion by mail. The organization has offered “advance provision” of

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the coronavirus outbreak, declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. The coronavirus, called Covid-19 by WHO, originated in China and is the cousin of the SARS virus. Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that are common among animals. The viruses can make people