By Sandee LaMotte, CNN One in 10 Americans over 65 had dementia, while 22% experienced mild cognitive impairment, the earliest stage of the slow slide into senility, according to a new study conducted between 2016 and 2017. The research, which the authors said is the first nationally representative examination of cognitive impairment prevalence in more
Continue Reading By Jessica DuLong, CNN Straight away, Nora McInerny noticed core differences in how people responded to the coronavirus pandemic. For some, the deadly virus and its upheaval constituted the “first big thing they’d ever been through.” Meanwhile, McInerny and others whose lives had been shaped by grief, loss or tragedy had long known that “life
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to become sicker and develop more severe disease, a new study suggests. Among hospitalized children younger than 5, testing positive for both Covid-19 and another respiratory virus at the same time is associated
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, Katherine Dillinger and Alaa Elassar, CNN Six people who tested positive for monkeypox — two in New York City, two in Chicago, one in Nevada and one in Maryland — have died, local health departments have confirmed. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said it was “deeply saddened
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN In September, an 8-month-old baby came into Dr. Juanita Mora’s office in Chicago with an infection the doctor hadn’t expected to see for another two months: RSV. Like her peers across the country, the allergist and immunologist has been treating little ones with this cold-like virus well before the season usually
Continue Reading By Jamie Gumbrecht and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tested positive for Covid-19 Friday. Walensky is experiencing mild symptoms and is up-to-date on her Covid-19 vaccines, according to a statement released by the agency. Walensky received an updated Covid-19 booster in September. “Consistent with
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Eris Eady was scrolling through social media this week when she saw a news headline linking hair-straightening chemical products to an increased risk for uterine cancer. She paused. In the early 2000s, she worked as a cosmetologist and frequently used the products to straighten her hair and other women’s as well.
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN In the wake of flooding from Hurricane Ian, Lee County, Florida, has seen what the state’s Department of Health called an “abnormal increase” in cases of a rare bacterial infection. Florida has reported 64 Vibrio vulnificus infections and 13 deaths this year as of Friday, according to the health department, up
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe. Photographs by Travis Dove for CNN A roomful of teenagers — some old friends and some strangers — stood with their hands, feet or backs together and their eyes closed. “We are never alone in this world,” says Davis Cooke, 18, a high school senior and a founder of the group, who
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN As US health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of this year’s flu season, nearly half the students at a Virginia high school were absent with flu-like and gastrointestinal symptoms this week, according to the school district. “There are approximately 1,000 students absent with flu-like/gastrointestinal symptoms at Stafford High
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips and Amanda Sealy, CNN Drugmaker Pfizer said Friday that as government contracts come to an end, possibly by early next year, its Covid-19 vaccine will be sold for $110 to $130 per dose. This price model comes down to increased distribution costs as well as an expected shift from multidose vials to
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Limiting your child’s candy this Halloween might be more of a trick than a treat, experts say. Once you’re a grown-up raising kids, that bag full of candy might be the scariest part of Halloween — whether it’s concern about a potential sugar rush, worries of parenting perfectionism or diet culture
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN With this year’s Thanksgiving the third since the onset of the pandemic, there are now many tools to help manage Covid-19 risk, including safe and widely available vaccines. But this coronavirus still presents a danger, especially to older people and those with chronic medical conditions. There are also other viruses circulating
Continue Reading By Dana Santas, CNN Many high performers across sports, business and the arts will tell you they swear by their intuitive sense. It allows them to make decisions, often in a split second, without overthinking and missing opportunities. Look at baseball players. With the average fastball in Major League Baseball pitched at speeds greater than
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen and Raenu Charles, CNN When Amber Sizemore and her family went out of state to celebrate her birthday last week, she had hoped her toddler daughter, Raegan, would try swimming. But the 15-month-old, normally energetic and adventurous, wasn’t herself on Saturday. “She hated it, and she normally loves water,” Sizemore said. By
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Two researchers are urging health-care providers to educate and screen pregnant women about intimate partner violence, as women in the United States are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or postpartum than to die of common obstetric causes such as high blood pressure, hemorrhage or sepsis. Other research suggests that
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance recommending the updated Covid-19 booster for children ages 5 to 11. Previously, the bivalent booster was recommended for children 12 and older, as well as for all adults. Now, the Pfizer/BioNTech booster is available for children 5 and older,
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a unanimous vote by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. That doesn’t make the vaccines mandatory for anyone, a point that was emphasized in a discussion
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Many more survivors of sexual assault are seeking emergency medical care, but still represent a fraction of all assaults reported to law enforcement. In 2019, emergency department visits for sexual assault were 15 times higher than they were in 2006, according to a study published Thursday in JAMA Network Open. Overall
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United States, these are BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, BA.4.6, BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2. In other countries, the recombinant variant XBB has been rising quickly and appears to be fueling a new wave of
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