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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A person in Yakima County, Washington, who caught bird flu after being exposed to infected dairy cows has died following a severe illness, county health officials said on Sunday. This is the first person in the US to die from complications from avian influenza in 2026, and the third

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As millions of Americans vote in the midterm elections, a first-of-its-kind study suggests that voting may accomplish more than fulfillment of your civic duty — it may also indirectly reduce your risk of dying early from any cause. Voting in the 2008 and 2012 US presidential elections was associated

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — At least 125 doctors, nurses and public health experts are on the ballot for Tuesday’s midterm elections — an unprecedented number from fields that historically offered fewer paths to elected office than boardrooms and courtrooms. Their campaigns emerged in the aftermath of Covid-19, when doctors and health officials were

By Raginee Sudhir Chaurey, CNN (CNN) — For years, Alice Thomas was the sole caregiver for her father as his dementia and mobility declined. She enrolled in California’s In-Home Supportive Services program in 2024, hoping it would connect her to real instruction about how to care for her father. The caseworker who signed her up

By Eryn Mathewson, CNN (CNN) — It’s understandable that Tim Blackmore is equal parts psyched and nervous about running the New York City Marathon this weekend. The race is his first marathon, and the 42-year-old US Marine Corps veteran hopes to finish in under three hours — a benchmark only a small percentage of marathoners

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Chronically ill people on Medicaid won’t be bound by new work requirement rules that the latest Trump administration guidance requires in order to qualify for “medically frail” exemptions, a federal judge ruled Thursday. US District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston gave a partial victory to a coalition of 25

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing changes to nutrient requirements for infant formula. The update marks the first nutrition review for formula in nearly 30 years, the agency’s acting director, Kyle Diamantas, said Thursday. The review is part of the Trump administration’s Operation Stork Speed initiative, which

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services posted a draft policy that would ease restrictions about how certain peptides may be created in the United States, essentially opening up access to them. Some wellness advocates applauded the move, while others have raised concerns. Here’s what to know about

By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Ready for the time change? Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, when most Americans will turn their clocks back an hour. Many people would prefer to stop changing clocks altogether; there is even legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. But doing so could have serious consequences for children’s

By Diana Anos, Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — A new study estimates about 3 in 4 former National Football League players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — an even higher level than identified in another recent study of former players. The new study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network

By Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Before there was toothpaste, there was coconut oil. Without a toothbrush in hand, many of our ancestors pulled oil between their teeth. The ancient tradition has had a revival. “Oil pulling” is all over the internet. Some of us are posting our routines: digging into a jar of coconut oil, shovel

By Diana Anos, CNN (CNN) — It’s an unfamiliar name that comes up in alerts from state medical examiners, local law enforcement and college campuses: cychlorphine. The synthetic opioid has been linked to at least 122 deaths in the US since July 2025, and in April, the Office of National Drug Control Policy identified it

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Party-hosting vets and newbies, the high season is officially here: This Halloweekend kicks off the most wonderful time of the year, with many other holidays and festivities to come. But are your planning and execution skills up to par? “I’ve had more people this year say I’m hosting something

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Sabrina Grimaldi remembers the exact moment a stranger’s bad behavior pushed her to deploy the “Gen Z stare.” The 26-year-old was at a Phoenix grocery store, heavily pregnant, when an older woman in the checkout line remarked how “huge and fat” her feet were, telling her she was going

By Jen Christensen, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — When doctors diagnosed Jen Chan with an aggressive form of breast cancer last year, she and her wife, Emily, faced a frightening reality: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and uncertainty about whether the treatment would even work. For a while, it seemed as though it had. In April, Jen danced

By Amanda Schupak, CNN More people are low in iron than in any other micronutrient, according to the American Society of Hematology. But many live with fatigue, weakness, brain fog and other symptoms for months or years before a deficiency is caught. Nearly one-third of adults in the United States may be iron deficient, according

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The first known human case of Shamonda virus was reported by France on Thursday. The patient has died, but the World Health Organization says that it is considered to be an isolated case so far and that there is no broader risk to the general public. WHO is “in

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — When the news arrived in August that what could be the first personalized mRNA cancer vaccine had succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial in melanoma, oncologists and the public alike were exhilarated. And that was before its makers had even disclosed just how well the therapy worked. Now they

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For the Greatest Generation, cottage cheese was a staple of wartime rationing. Baby Boomers and Gen X may associate it with diet culture of the 1970s and ’80s. But many people born after all that are tucking it into recipes and making it popular again by posting about it

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Flu season is picking up months ahead of schedule with a mutated virus spreading in some parts of the United States, surprising some people who might not even be thinking about their annual flu shots yet. This year, the season started 2 1/2 months earlier than what’s typical and