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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nation should move away from restrictive measures such as quarantines and social distancing and focus on reducing severe disease from Covid-19.In new guidelines released Thursday, the agency no longer recommends…

After a long day at work, it feels so much better to just leave the dirty dishes in the sink or put off looking at your finances -- right?Don't just call it laziness: After a long period of thinking hard,…

Making baby food at home with store-bought produce isn't going to reduce the amount of toxic heavy metals in the food your baby eats, according to a new report released exclusively to CNN."We found no evidence to suggest that homemade…

A polio case identified in New York last month is "just the very, very tip of the iceberg" and an indication there "must be several hundred cases in the community circulating," a senior official with the US Centers for Disease…

In an effort to stretch the limited supply of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, federal health officials this week authorized giving smaller doses using a different method of injection.With more than 10,000 monkeypox cases in the United States and vaccine demand…

You sleep for seven to eight hours almost every night, only to feel unrested through the morning or even most of the day. How could you be following a golden rule of sleep so right, yet feel so wrong?This discrepancy…

The United States seems to have hit a Covid-19 plateau, with more than 40,000 people hospitalized and more than 400 deaths a day consistently over the past month or so.It's a dramatic improvement from this winter -- there were four…

Soft tissue injuries are the bane of any physically active person. They are the most common injuries in sport, can be difficult to heal and often reoccur, according to Sports Medicine Australia. Knowing how to help prevent them is key…

There's a highly effective and often curative treatment for people with hepatitis C, but less than a third of insured patients get it within a year of diagnosis, according to a new study.The researchers on the study, published Tuesday by…

Vaccine maker Pfizer says it has begun Phase 3 clinical trial of its vaccine candidate against Lyme disease with French vaccine company Valneva SE.The biotech companies are recruiting about 6,000 participants age 5 and older at up to 50 sites…

The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization Tuesday that allows health-care providers to change how the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine is administered, stretching out the supply amid high demand.The vaccine can now be given to high-risk adults…

With nearly 9,000 confirmed monkeypox cases nationwide, there is growing concern that US college and university campuses could become monkeypox "hotspots" this fall.Educators are working to reduce the public health risk while some students worry about how their campus experiences…

The past few pandemic years have not made for ideal circumstances for our children to make or deepen friendships.At first, there was physical isolation, a clear and obvious hindrance to building or maintaining connection. Then we moved on to navigating…

There's nothing nice or dreamy about synthetic weed, sold under such catchy names as AK-47, K2, Spice, Scoobie Snacks, Mr. Nice Guy and 24-Karat Dream.Sometimes packaged as e-juice for vaping or as edibles, most synthetic cannabinoids are sold as dried…

Ashton Kutcher revealed Monday he had battled a serious autoimmune disease that affected his hearing, sight and ability to walk for more than a year."Like two years ago, I had this weird, super-rare form of vasculitis," Kutcher said in an…

Oona Hanson's child came home from school one day with a desire to eat healthier, which she thought was a positive development.But six months later, her child was in the hospital with an eating disorder, said Hanson, who didn't want…