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By Amanda Schupak, CNN Kids who have their own smartphones at age 12 are more likely to develop eating disorder symptoms than their peers without the devices, according to a new study. The research, published Friday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open, comes from a wide-ranging survey of nearly 9,000 adolescents across the United

By Elise Haulund, Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — For some older adults, the flu vaccine could look a little different this year. In August, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the nation’s first mRNA-based flu vaccine for use in people 50 and older. The vaccine, called mFlusiva, is now available at more than 13,000

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the US Food and Drug Administration, appeared to break with her boss on Thursday, strongly stating that the MMR vaccine was “not lethal” as Trump has claimed and that it is safe, effective and “our best tool right now in the

By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — Whether you’re heading into a pickleball match, a strength-training session or out to do yard work, it’s easy to treat warming up as an optional few minutes of stretching before the “real” activity begins. But a warm-up isn’t about simply making you feel looser. Consider it a part of

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Most people don’t worry about their cardiovascular health until they get older. But strokes, one type of cardiovascular disease, in young adults are steadily on the rise — and have nearly doubled in the last three decades, according to a new study. “Stroke is a very devastating disease at

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Candi Wilmot and her 9-year-old daughter Adeline were at the theater watching “Snow White,” the 2025 live-action remake of the beloved 1937 Disney animated classic, when the film suddenly became personal. “It should have been a fun mother-daughter experience, but it wasn’t at all,” said Wilmot, who has type

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Nearly seven years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Brian P. Lee has seen signs that rates of alcohol use had finally begun to drop. Lee, a hepatologist and liver transplant specialist with Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, hopes the data is true of the

By Brenda Goodman, Jacqueline Howard and Michal Ruprecht, CNN (CNN) — Ibogaine, a psychoactive compound made from the roots of an African shrub, has been gaining popularity as a treatment for opioid and cocaine addiction. There is a new emphasis on research into ibogaine, although it is currently illegal to possess or prescribe it in

By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The book was wrong, my 4-year-old insisted as we read about bugs before bed. “Cockroaches lay hundreds of eggs, not millions,” he said, displaying wisdom beyond his years. “Oh!” I said. “Did you ask Siri, baby?” Surely, Siri was the only thing he knew how to operate. “Siri

CNN, POOL, WAYMO, OPENAI.COM, CISCO YT, DONALD J. TRUMP, TRUTH SOCIAL, Donald J. Trump/Truth Social By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The book was wrong, my 4-year-old insisted as we read about bugs before bed. “Cockroaches lay hundreds of eggs, not millions,” he said, displaying wisdom beyond his years. “Oh!” I said. “Did you

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — There was that time I was struggling to carry a mattress over my head and walked into a wall. There was also a view of me trimming my nose hairs somehow captured as I was getting ready for work. Throughout their teenage years, my sons secretly filmed me in

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After the collapse came the dust. It billowed across Lower Manhattan in the wake of the 2001 World Trade Center terror attacks, turning people into ghosts as they trudged to safety. It blew into buildings through broken windows and air intakes, settling into carpets, curtains and upholstery and leaving

By Deidre McPhillips, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is planning to recommend that certain childhood immunizations be broken up into five separate shots, each with a “small amount of the vaccine.” These “20% doses” would each be given six months apart, he said. “Instead of a child

By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — One-third of women in the United States have struggled to get doctors to take their symptoms seriously, according to a new survey. And of those women, more than half said their health issues have affected their work and homelives. Many Americans have inadequate access to quality healthcare, said Stephanie

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Brad Pitt’s recent revelation that he’s drinking again in “a more restrained manner,” after seven years of sobriety following heavy drinking, sparked intense pushback. The actor’s past behavior aside, the larger controversy was in challenging the long-held idea that someone who struggled with alcohol in the past can’t ever

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Amid the worst measles outbreak in the US in decades, a surge that’s been driven largely by unvaccinated people, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received a standing ovation Thursday at the conference of the anti-vaccine advocacy group Children’s Health Defense, where he gave the

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The federal government approved updated Covid-19 vaccines for the 2026-27 respiratory virus season last month, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet made these vaccines available through a key federal program that covers access for about half of US children. The Vaccines for Children

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Smoking cigarettes doesn’t just cause lung cancer. The toxic smoke affects nearly every organ in the body — yet some of its most serious consequences may be less widely recognized. Smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes, and exposure to secondhand smoke puts

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A fourth person with measles has died in Pennsylvania, the state announced Tuesday — marking the first time in decades the United States has recorded so many deaths in a single year. Measles deaths have been extremely rare in the United States because most people are protected by a

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing wasn’t the first time much of the American public met Dr. Nicole Saphier and heard her perspective; President Donald Trump’s nominee for US surgeon general is a health and wellness influencer who has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers through her podcast and social media