Health

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The Puerto Rico Department of Health declared an influenza epidemic Thursday, with at least 900 hospitalizations…

By Rob Frehse and Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Media personality and sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer is now New York state’s honorary…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide will help you ease into a…

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Our eight-part guide shows you a delicious…

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday of a salmonella outbreak in humans that’s…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it has approved the first vaccine to prevent disease…

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The percentage of kindergartners who received their state-required vaccines for measles remained below the federal…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — It was a moment Meagan James never expected to witness. A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York had…

By Andrea Kane, CNN Editor’s note: Season 8 of the podcast Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets back to basics with an in-depth examination of…

Opinion by Dr. Tom Frieden (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dr. Tom Frieden was director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Seventeen major food manufacturers earned an average grade of F for their lack of progress in reducing…

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration approved the type 2 diabetes drug tirzepatide for use in chronic weight…

By Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — Working under the sun could be a major cause of skin cancer worldwide, according to new data from the World…