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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Respiratory viruses — including the flu, RSV and the virus that causes Covid-19 — are not a serious concern for most of the US public, even though they’re still affecting many, according to new survey data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Nearly 4 out of 10 households (38%) had a recent

Opinion by Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Pregnancy brain, mommy brain, momnesia — our culture has learned to use the term to describe moms everywhere when they seem forgetful or scattered before and soon after giving birth. But the idea that motherhood is in itself associated with a decline in cognitive abilities may be both wrong

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN At Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston, the hallways of the emergency department are lined with dozens of patients waiting to get a room upstairs. “Imagine spending days and nights in the hallway under fluorescent lights in the ER next to a trauma bay while [patients] have heart failure, kidney failure

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN More than 400 food products sold under dozens of brand names were recalled due to possible Listeria contamination, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The recall by Fresh Ideation Food Group LLC includes ready-to-eat sandwiches, salads, yogurts, wraps and other products sold in nine states and Washington, DC, from

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A measles outbreak in central Ohio that sickened 85 children has been declared over, officials at Columbus Public Health announced Sunday. None of the children died, but 36 were hospitalized. The outbreak of measles infections, which was first reported in early November, spread among children who were not fully vaccinated and

By Erin Hahn, CNN If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you’ll know I wear a lot of hats: romance author, parent of funny tweenagers, part-time teacher, amateur homesteader, grumbling celiac and the wife of a seriously outdoorsy guy. Because I’m an author with a major publisher in today’s competitive market, I’ve been tasked

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Cancer deaths are on the decline in the United States, and the outlook for winning the war against this deadly disease is both good and bad. In the United States, deaths from cancer have dropped 33% since 1991, with an estimated 3.8 million lives saved, mostly due to advances in early

By Jen Christensen, CNN If new US Department of Agriculture school food guidelines stand as proposed, chocolate milk is in, but for the first time ever, at least some added sugars will be out — and sodium levels will be reduced gradually. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack publicly announced the changes on Friday. “The purpose of

By Brenda Goodman, CNN When Timothy Levine set out to write a book about deception in 2016, he wanted to include a chapter on one of its most extreme forms: pathological lying. “I just couldn’t find any good research base on this,” said Levine, chair of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of