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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The dangerous effects of high blood pressure are highlighted in a new report by the World Health Organization that identifies the condition as one of the world’s leading risk factors for death and disability. Published Tuesday, WHO’s first report on the global impact of high blood pressure, also known

Analysis by Shannon Carpenter, CNN (CNN) — Several years ago, another dad reached out to me after reading my work about being a stay-at-home dad. He was married, had two toddlers and was not coping well. He couldn’t find another person to talk to outside his family. He didn’t say it, because most of us

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — With Covid-19 cases up across the country, many people are once again relying on home tests to guide decisions about going to work and sending their kids to school and other activities. A lot of those tests will come back negative, even when a person is 100% sure they

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a New York-based freelance health and science journalist. If you can’t seem to get the taste of onion, garlic or cheese out your mouth after brushing, you might benefit from a tongue scraper. As one of the most flexible muscles in the body, the

By Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Our eight-part guide shows you a delicious expert-backed eating lifestyle that will boost your health for life. The adage of only eating oysters in months that end in R no longer holds true as advances in aquaculture have made farmed shellfish

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Before beginning any new exercise program, consult your doctor. Stop immediately if you experience pain. If you enjoy walking for exercise, there’s a simple way to maximize your efforts — change your walk into a ruck. Rucking is walking with weight on your back, and it’s

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Just in time for fall and winter sniffles, an advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration has decided that a popular ingredient in oral cold and allergy medications doesn’t work. What do we do now? “There’s so many options out there,” said Dr. David C. Brodner, an

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — An Arkansas toddler died of a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, which was likely contracted at a splash pad at a country club, according to health officials and the county coroner. The victim died from Naegleria fowleri infection, which “destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and in certain cases, death,”

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If you’re eating healthier meals these days, congratulations — but what do you snack on? By choosing ultraprocessed and sugary snacks, 1 in 4 of us may be undoing all the benefits of healthy eating, according to a new study. “Considering 95% of us snack, and that nearly a

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — It was a meeting that changed their lives forever. The year was 2020, and reports had emerged from China that a never-before-seen coronavirus was spreading quickly, sickening hundreds of people and turning deadly. More than 7,000 miles away in Bethesda, Maryland, tensions were high in Dr. Barney Graham’s lab

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, an organ transplant is believed to have spread dangerous Legionella bacteria, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The two people who developed Legionnaires’ disease received donated lungs from a man who died last year after falling

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A pig kidney successfully functioned in a human body for about two months, marking the longest documented case of a xenotransplant of its kind. In July, researchers at NYU Langone Health transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into the body of a 58-year-old man named Maurice Miller, known as Mo, who had

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Surgeons were about to saw through 80-year-old Aubrey Osteen’s chest after a heart attack in December 2020 when he suddenly became conscious. “I said, ‘Wait a minute here before y’all go any further. Give me some more anesthesia, you know?’ Well, it took me a minute to realize I

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A new Covid-19 vaccine is available — and recommended — for everyone ages 6 months and older, and experts say it’s best to take advantage of the protection it provides sooner rather than later. The shot — greenlit by the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent (CNN) — Do you ever wonder what makes you, well, you: the way you act, the way you feel, the way you process information from the world around you? Some of it is nature (the unique set of genes you inherited), and some of it is nurture

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — A smaller share of Gen Z is thriving compared to millennials at the same age, and members of Gen Z are far less likely to describe their mental health as “excellent,” according to a new study. “Less than half (47%) of Gen Z Americans are thriving in their

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — A person’s sense of purpose declines leading up to and following a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive decline, according to a new study. “Purpose in life is the feeling that one’s life is goal-oriented and has direction. It is an important component of well-being,” said Dr. Angelina Sutin, lead

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Now that the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed off, you won’t have to wait long to get your updated Covid-19 shot. Major pharmacy chains have already started rolling out vaccine appointments. Manufacturers say the tweaked mRNA vaccines from Moderna and

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Drug overdose deaths reached another record level in the United States this spring, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, as 2023 is on track to be another devastating year amid the drug epidemic. More than 111,000 people died from a drug overdose in

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Moderna said Wednesday that its experimental mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine generated a stronger immune response against four strains of the flu virus than a currently marketed vaccine in a Phase 3 study, paving the way for the company to discuss a path to approval with regulators. The experimental shot,