(CNN) — When you go to get your newly updated Covid-19 booster this fall, you might want to choose the arm the vaccine goes in carefully.The immune response may be stronger if your booster goes in the same arm as…
(CNN) — Last year’s respiratory virus season in the US was a bad one.After two years of extraordinarily light flu seasons, which infectious disease experts attributed to Covid-19 pandemic precautions like social distancing and masking, influenza came roaring back, hitting…
(CNN) — The Florida Department of Health placed two counties under a mosquito-borne illness alert as five cases of dengue have been reported in Broward and Miami-Dade counties in less than a month, weekly reports show.In total, 11 cases of…
(CNN) — Adding a blue-light filter to your eyeglasses may not ease eye strain from computer work, protect the retina or help with sleep at night, according to a new review of existing research.“We found there may be no short-term…
(CNN) — Someone who has any kind of severe pain a year after a heart attack may be more likely to die within the eight years afterward, according to a new study.Someone in the US has a heart attack about…
(CNN) — Weight loss and diabetes medications are priced much higher in the US than in other countries, according to a new analysis from KFF.The analysis examined the price of a one-month supply of semaglutide, used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and…
(CNN) — Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report. Cannabis use surged among young adults under 30, alongside historic rates of vaping, as well.The new data…
(CNN) — Last fall, children’s hospitals across the country dealt with an unprecedented early surge of patients with respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. By October, there were so many sick kids needing care that some states declared states of…
(CNN) — Federal surveillance data suggests that Covid-19 levels are trending up in the United States, but key metrics remain well below most other points in the pandemic.Covid-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise since early July, according to data from the…
(CNN) — Certain kinds of cancer are being diagnosed more often in younger adults in the US, a new study shows, and the increases seem to be driven by cancers in women and adults in their 30s.A government-funded study of…
(CNN) — Just as everybody poops, everybody has gas. But the reasons why you break wind can vary, and sometimes it can be cause for concern.“As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I get asked about this all the time,” said Dr. Mark…
(CNN) — New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on Wednesday, mark key steps forward in the evolving field of xenotransplantation, the use of non-human tissues or organs to treat medical conditions in humans.Researchers…
(CNN) — Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated.The mosquitoes they were using to study experimental medicines for malaria had developed a pesky problem: They were becoming…
(CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it.In a society that prizes productivity, where busyness becomes a point of…
(CNN) — The drug epidemic has become deadlier than ever in the United States in recent years, and a new poll from KFF captures the significant toll that substance use has had on families nationwide.More than a quarter of adults…
(CNN) — It’s hard to be neighborly when you’re raising two kids as a single mom and working long hours. That’s where my sheltie, Dancer, came to my rescue. My sweet boy’s cuteness (of which he was well aware) prompted…
(CNN) — Latino children who live in states with harsher laws that apply to immigrants and systemic prejudice against them are more likely to experience mental health or chronic physical health conditions, according to a new study.For the study, published Tuesday in…
(CNN) — On any given weekend for more than 40 years, you could find Stan Nicholas jamming away on his guitar, playing motorcycle rallies and festivals all over the Cleveland area. The Ford retiree and his Burnt River Band’s rock…
(CNN) — People in areas of the United States with high levels of a certain kind of air pollution have a greater risk of dementia, a new study found.The study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, looked at…
(CNN) — Is inhaling marijuana smoke safer than inhaling smoke from tobacco? A majority of American adults say yes, according to a new survey, and they also believe there is less harm to adults and children from secondhand marijuana smoke…
