Health

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Want to reach older age with a sharp mind and healthy body? Part of the answer may be in your coffee

By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — As a urologist, I’ve performed countless vasectomies. They are my profession’s bread and butter. When I’m not doing the procedure, I’m seeing men either alone or with their partners to discuss its safety, simplicity and effectiveness. Like many men, I’ve found myself contemplating whether it’s time to get

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. This year, the organization estimates that more than 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with it and nearly 53,000 will die from it. New studies presented at the annual

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Ultraprocessed foods, seed oils, herbicides and pesticides, and fluoride: They’re all targets of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, whose chief proponent is US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Now, MAHA Films, a production company dedicated to promoting the movement’s values, has released its first

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — A budget proposal for the US Department of Health and Human Services details extensive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health, part of an effort to consolidate the work of its 27 institutes into just eight while reducing the agency’s budget nearly 40%. The proposed cuts to

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its immunization schedule for children, days after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid-19 vaccines would be struck from the list of recommended shots for healthy children and pregnant women. Children will be

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Pharmaceutical rivals don’t often come to each other’s defense. But after the US Department of Health and Human Services terminated a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop an mRNA bird flu vaccine, claiming that “mRNA technology remains under-tested,” Pfizer’s chief executive is speaking up. “MRNA probably is the most

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. As you fall asleep each night, you can take comfort in knowing you are never truly alone — thanks to the dozens of eight-legged mites crawling out of your pores

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water systems in the United States is facing new challenges and bans in some places, and experts have warned that the change would come with significant costs – both to the health of children and the health care

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — In a culture that tends to equate fitness with appearance, glutes often get more attention for how they look than for what they do. But beyond aesthetics, your glute muscles play a vital role in nearly every aspect of movement, posture and pain prevention. When your glutes are strong

By Brenda Goodman, Jacqueline Howard, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The first report from the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, released last week, appears to be rife with errors, including some studies that don’t exist. Touted by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a milestone, the report lays

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Our eight-part guide shows you a delicious expert-backed eating lifestyle that will boost your health for life. We all know that breakfast is an important meal, and even more so for children. Abundant research has demonstrated the benefit of nutritious

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has recently made significant changes to how Covid-19 vaccines are approved and the groups they are recommended for. For the past few years, the federal government has broadly approved and recommended an updated Covid-19 shot

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a letter urging health care providers and medical boards to update treatment protocols for youth with gender dysphoria based on a controversial HHS review of scientific literature that was released earlier this

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop a vaccine to protect against bird flu amid the agency’s broader efforts to reevaluate therapies that use mRNA technology. The contract, which was worth $590 million, was announced in mid-January, just before