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By Maggie Fox, CNN The 30-something woman wasn’t sick for very long. Admitted to the hospital with Covid-19, she needed a little oxygen and was given steroids, but was well enough to go home after nine days. But the virus stayed in her body for seven months, mutating multiple times as it wrestled with her

By Jen Rose Smith, CNN Noticing the here and now sounds simple, right? That’s the core of mindfulness practices, which invite participants to direct their attention to the present. “I define it as paying attention to our present moment experiences with openness, curiosity and willingness to be with that experience,” said Diana Winston, director of

By Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The more dangerous and more transmissible Delta variant has spread to almost every state in the US, fueling health experts’ concerns about Covid-19 spikes. The variant is expected to become the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Physical punishment does not appear to improve a child’s positive behavior or social competence over time, according to a review of 69 studies from the US, Canada, China, Colombia, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The review, published Monday in the journal Lancet, found physical punishment such as spanking

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN E-cigarette company Juul Labs will pay $40 million and make changes to its business practices to settle the first state lawsuit that alleged it marketed to teens, North Carolina state attorneys announced on Monday. The settlement follows a lawsuit filed in 2019 by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein that claimed

By Jennifer Grubb, CNN Ever since he was a child, Kevin Curry would pray for God to “fix” him and take away his sadness. “Everything feels good, but I don’t feel good,” Curry said. “Why is that? Why is it sunny outside and everybody wants to go and play? The only thing that I want

Opinion by Dr. Neha Chaudhary, CNN If you’re worried about whether your child is hitting developmental milestones on time— like walking, socializing or talking— you might be relieved to know that you are like many other parents and that feeling worried is okay. Nearly a quarter of parents suspect some degree of delay when it

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent While it’s a bit of a bummer to think about going back to school before it’s even the Fourth of July, in many parts of the country, if you want your child to be immunized against Covid-19 by the time classes start, you need to act fast. Many

By Kristen Rogers, CNN A widespread sense that time has split into two — or pandemics creating a “before” and “after” — is an experience that’s associated with many traumatic events. That’s the reflection of Elizabeth Outka, a professor of English at the University of Richmond and author of “Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and

By Laura Wheatman Hill, CNN I lie to my children all the time. I tell them that the spinach in their muffins enhances the flavor of the chocolate chips. I tell them their drawings look gorgeous even when they look like blobs of nothing. I also tell bigger lies, trying to convince myself I’m protecting

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The Delta variant, a strain of Covid-19 believed to be more transmissible and dangerous than others, is likely to break out in some US communities, a health expert told CBS’s Face the Nation. “It’s not going to be as pervasive,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent One day earlier this year, in the midst of all the darkness surrounding the pandemic, I received a wonderful phone call. It was from Barry Nugent, a “Jeopardy!” executive, asking with a little chuckle if I wanted to guest host the show. My mouth went dry and

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Delta variant continues to be a major threat to America’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and getting more vaccine shots into arms is a way to combat it, an expert says. The highly contagious, aggressive variant was first detected in India and has made its way to the majority of

The first cruise ship is set sail from a U.S. port since the CDC brought the industry to a halt more than 15 months ago with a no-sail order that was ultimately extended a number of times. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets an exclusive early look at the procedures and safety features in place to make cruising in the Covid-19 era possible.

By Andrea Kane and Nadia Kounang, CNN It’s anchors aweigh and full steam ahead for the Celebrity Edge. On Saturday, the cruise ship, owned by the Royal Caribbean Group, will become the first to sail from a U.S. port since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought the industry to a halt more

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN America is in a far better place now than it was six months ago in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, with overall cases and deaths down, according to the latest data. It shows that vaccines are effective, experts say, although they have some protection limitations when faced with more aggressive

By John Blake, CNN One evening, Robin DiAngelo became a nice racist. DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility,” remembers the precise moment it happened. A friend invited her to join a few friends of hers for dinner. When DiAngelo arrived at the restaurant, she was excited to see that the couple waiting for them at the

Opinion by Allison Hope, CNN Gender reveal parties. Boys don’t cry. That color is for girls. That bathroom is for boys. That sport is only for “real” girls. That’s not the right clothing section, toy, partner, door, major, job or life for you. We are taught before we are even born that there are strict