Free Covid-19 tests are available again. Here’s how to get them
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — People in the United States can now order more free Covid-19 tests from the federal government as the country…
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7 simple secrets to eating the Mediterranean way
By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — What if “diet” wasn’t a dirty word? During Suzy Karadsheh’s childhood in Port Said, Egypt, diet culture was…
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St. Charles seeing fewer infants hospitalized with RSV, credits new vaccine and antibodies available to protect babies
There are two new treatments aimed at reducing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. In most cases, RSV causes mild, cold-like symptoms,…
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Lawmakers push for accountability after 10th death linked to Boar’s Head listeria outbreak
By Katherine Dillinger and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — A death in New York has been linked with a listeria outbreak connected to recalled…
Continue ReadingLGBTQ+ adults may have greater risk of poor brain health, likely due to ‘minority stress’
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Those in the LGBTQ+ community may have a higher risk of adverse brain health outcomes compared with straight…
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1 in 3 children worldwide is now nearsighted, study shows
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — More than a third of children around the world were nearsighted in 2023, and this proportion will rise to almost 40%…
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Many 988 callers will now get help based on where they are, not their phone’s area code
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Major cell phone carriers have started to adopt a new technology that helps direct callers to the 988 suicide…
Continue Reading‘Greed, greed, greed’: Sanders demands Ozempic maker lower prices
By Meg Tirrell and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — While grilling Novo Nordisk’s chief executive over the price of its blockbuster diabetes and…
Continue ReadingDoing this for 20 seconds a day can relieve stress and anxiety
By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — A devoted meditator, Eli Susman wanted to deepen his practice, and his meditation journey took him across…
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Post-Roe, pregnant women face growing risk of criminal prosecution for charges much broader than abortion
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A fractured landscape of reproductive rights continues to evolve in the United States in the wake of the…
Continue ReadingChemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware,…
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3 Tufts University lacrosse players remain hospitalized after workout with Navy SEAL graduate
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Three men’s lacrosse players at Tufts University remain hospitalized after a…
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Free Covid-19 tests will be available from the US government by the end of September
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US government plans to make more at-home Covid-19 tests available for free this month as the country…
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A virus that could lead to paralysis in kids is on the rise. How worried should parents be?
By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are on the rise across the United States, according to the…
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Federal Trade Commission sues largest drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers,…
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Health care worker is third person to become ill after contact with Missouri patient who had bird flu
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they…
Continue ReadingKids are inhaling ‘Galaxy Gas’ to get high. Here’s what parents should know
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For some young people, a popular method for getting a quick high is by misusing laughing gas — and lately,…
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Whooping cough cases are soaring. Can infecting people help test a better vaccine?
By Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they…
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FDA approves first flu vaccine that can be self-administered at home
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first flu vaccine that does not have to be…
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Heavy metal exposure could increase cardiovascular disease risk, study finds
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Exposure to heavy metals has been linked to cancer, neurological harms, and reproductive or developmental…
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