(CNN) — Earlier this year, Clara Pitts got the news she was hoping for: She had been accepted to her dream school, Brigham Young University.It was a feat made all the more joyful for Clara and her family because of…
(CNN) — Two teams of US scientists have completed lab experiments testing the antibodies from vaccinated and infected Americans to see how well they might be able to fend off currently circulating variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, including…
(CNN) — What if talking about it brings it back up? What if I get uncomfortable and say the wrong thing? What does this mean about me? What if it happens again?It can be difficult to know how to move…
(CNN) — Five people have died from complications of a “rare but serious illness” in Virginia following a statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease, the Virginia Department of Health announced. Twenty-seven cases of the disease, caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis…
(CNN) — Editor’s note: Phyllis L. Fagell, a licensed clinical professional counselor and nationally certified school counselor, is the author of “Middle School Matters” and “Middle School Superpowers.” Parents and other caregivers hear that social media wreaks havoc on a teen’s self-esteem. But kids often tell us that it…
(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus.During July and August, as the US saw widespread…
(CNN) — Covid-19 certainly didn’t take a vacation this summer. Virus levels in the US have been on the rise for weeks, but it’s hard to know exactly how widely it’s spreading.Federal data suggests that the current increases have stayed…
(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration says it still plans to finalize rules that would prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars this year, but the agency is running behind schedule.In April 2022, when the FDA…
(CNN) — Overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States in recent years, and a new report shows that counterfeit pills are involved in a growing share of those deaths.The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert about a…
(CNN) — As families prepare to gather for Labor Day and children head back to schools, coronavirus cases are once again on the rise.Covid-19 hospital admissions are up more than 18% in the most recent week, according to the U.S. Centers…
(CNN) — White hot, violent, cruel, wrathful — the words we associate with anger don’t sound so pretty.“Anger is a particular type of an emotional state that can receive a lot of judgment from ourselves and from other people,” said…
(CNN) — An outbreak of illnesses after a Tough Mudder race in Sonoma County, California, this month has reached about 300 cases, the county estimated Wednesday.The Sonoma County Department of Health Services issued a health advisory last week after reports of rash, fever, muscle…
(CNN) — Dr. Berne’s Whole Health Products is expanding a recall of eye drop products after an analysis by the US Food and Drug Administration found that one lot was contaminated with bacteria and fungus.The recall now involves Dr. Berne’s…
(CNN) — Are you using — or considering using — marijuana to help with anxiety, pain, muscle spasms, nausea during pregnancy, poor sleep and more? You may be surprised to discover there is little quality evidence on the benefits of…
(CNN) — A senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services has called for easing restrictions on marijuana by reclassifying it as a Schedule III substance in a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the DEA…
(CNN) — About 1 in 4 women may experience irregular heartbeats after menopause, with insomnia and stressful life events being contributing factors, a new study has found.This health issue is known as atrial fibrillation or AFib, an irregular, quivering or…
(CNN) — Users of marijuana had statistically higher levels of lead and cadmium in their blood and urine than people who do not use weed, a new study found.“Compared to non-users, marijuana users had 27% higher levels of lead in…
(CNN) — The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail stores and online.The medicine, with the brand name Narcan, has a suggested retail price of $44.99 per carton of two…
(CNN) — When my son was born sick, and eventually diagnosed with severe disabilities, friends helped in a variety of ways. One friend texted several times a day to let me know she was thinking of us without expecting a…
(CNN) — A group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than fentanyl, 1,000 times more potent than morphine, and may even require more doses of the medication naloxone to reverse…
