Covid-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County more than doubled in 2 weeks
By Travis Caldwell, Paul Vercammen and Christina Maxouris, CNN In Los Angeles County, which was crushed during the winter surge of the coronavirus,…
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Convincing your child to leave the screens behind to exercise is hard. Here’s how to do it
CNN By Megan Marples, CNN “3, 2, 1, ready or not, here I come!” Children race through the park, soaking in the sun while they search for…
Continue ReadingHula-Hoops are trending, but it’s not your childhood version
By Janelle Davis, CNN Instead of spinning hoops around the waist as kids have done for decades, Hula-Hoop dancers have some new moves as the trend…
Continue ReadingFormer vaccine official says she received disturbing package before she was fired
Dr. Michelle Fiscus, who served as Tennessee’s top vaccine official before she was fired, describes receiving a disturbing package shortly before her…
Continue ReadingTennessee resumes vaccination outreach but with marketing emphasis on parents, not children
By Angela Barajas, CNN Tennessee’s top health official said Friday that vaccination efforts for teens will continue but that marketing efforts…
Continue ReadingDelta is dangerous and spreading — but vaccination can stop it
By Dr. Tom Frieden I’m hearing from vaccinated people who are frightened about breakthrough cases, the Delta variant and new waves of Covid.…
Continue ReadingWhy contact tracing was a missed opportunity to save lives in the US
By Maggie Fox, CNN It was supposed to have both prevented the worst ravages of the pandemic and given people in lockdown something to do. An army of…
Continue ReadingAd campaign for controversial Alzheimer’s drug will ‘overly medicalize’ normal age-related memory loss, some experts say
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Heath News Do you sometimes lose your train of thought or feel a bit more anxious than is typical for you? Those are two of…
Continue ReadingStart your day with breathing exercises for stress relief
By Stephanie Mansour, CNN A worldwide pandemic is more than enough to induce excess stress. Many people have had to deal with a changing work life…
Continue ReadingYounger people making up a larger share of cases and hospitalizations
CNN’s Harry Enten breaks down Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations by…
Continue ReadingMillions of teens will head back to school unvaccinated
By Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Most teens heading back to school in the coming weeks will be unvaccinated against Covid-19, federal…
Continue ReadingThree states are seeing about 40% of the country’s new Covid-19 cases
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN While Covid-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been…
Continue ReadingMissouri health care CEO trying to reach the unvaccinated says people are dying unnecessarily
By Steve Almasy and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Steve Edwards, the president and CEO of a health care system in Missouri, is troubled that health experts…
Continue Reading‘Just get the stupid shot’: Unvaccinated mom who got Covid-19
After choosing not to get the Covid-19 vaccine, Ganeene Starling ended up in the ICU with coronavirus and was given a 20% chance of survival by…
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine’s benefits still outweigh risks, CDC data show
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The benefits of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen coronavirus vaccine still outweigh potential risks, according to data…
Continue ReadingHospitalized Covid-19 patients are asking for the vaccine — when it’s too late, two health care workers say
By Jason Hanna, CNN As the Delta variant helps fuel a surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US, unvaccinated patients are regretting their…
Continue ReadingHow the world’s best pole vaulter handles stress
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis holds the world record in pole vault and he’s sharing his tips on managing stress in competition to help the rest of us…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic has pushed children’s mental health and access to care to a ‘crisis point’
By Jen Christensen, CNN Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Bailey Lynn and her friends often talked about the toll the virus has taken. Still, the…
Continue Reading‘No one can convince me’: Sharp divide remains over vaccines
CNN’s Jeff Zeleny reports from Ohio, where, like the rest of America, there remains a sharp divide over Covid-19…
Continue ReadingBiden says full FDA approval of a Covid-19 vaccine could come as early as the end of August
By Jen Christensen, CNN To date, more than 339 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to give people protection from the…
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