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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — For many middle-aged and older people, getting a driver’s license was their first taste of long-awaited freedom –– and one they seized as soon as they could. But many of today’s teens are putting off this rite of passage, data shows. Nearly 40% of teens delayed getting their license

Opinion by Dr. Josh Green (CNN) — America’s children are in danger. Measles outbreaks are spreading in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and beyond, threatening lives, overwhelming health-care resources and exposing vulnerable communities. Texas alone has confirmed more than 400 measles cases and the death of the first child from measles in our country in more

CNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sweeping job cuts and reorganizations taking place at the US Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leave the United States “weaker as a nation,” Dr. Peter Marks told CNN on Friday. Marks, the former director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sweeping job cuts and reorganizations taking place at the US Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leave the United States “weaker as a nation,” Dr. Peter Marks told CNN on Friday. Marks, the former director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Matt Stiles, Deidre McPhillips and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Recent outbreaks of measles in the United States are driving up case counts and raising alarm among public health experts, especially as vaccination rates among children lag. The concern this year comes after the first reported death in the US since

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — More than 55 million people worldwide have dementia, a number expected to nearly triple by 2050. Deaths from strokes may double by the same year, and 10% to 20% of adults experience depression later in life. While the numbers are striking, there’s a growing body of evidence showing that

Personal essay by Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN (CNN) — Josh the line cook leaned on the doorframe, burgers steaming on the hot plate behind him. He was arguing that “Point Break” is the best sports movie of all time. I disagreed. “Point Break” is no “Friday Night Lights.” “Hot take, Ruskell!” He handed me a

By Deidre McPhillips and Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, with at least 569 reported cases in multiple states, a new analysis finds that nearly a third of young children who were eligible to be vaccinated against the disease did not get their

By Brenda Goodman and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday.

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — More than a decade after the Obama-era move to generally prohibit whole and 2% milk in schools as part of an effort to lower rates of obesity among children, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some lawmakers are arguing for the beverage’s return. Kennedy, secretary of the US Department of

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A few months ago, a test revealed that a child in Milwaukee had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The results triggered an investigation into the family’s home, then the child’s school and then dozens more aging school buildings still riddled with lead paint. With 68,000 students in

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — He didn’t even stop to use the bathroom. Beginning Monday night, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker stood and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes, according to his office, breaking the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor in modern history. The 55-year-old New Jersey senator surpassed

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — He didn’t even stop to use the bathroom. Beginning Monday night, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker stood and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes, according to his office, breaking the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor in modern history. The 55-year-old New Jersey senator surpassed the

By Neha Mukherjee, CNN (CNN) — In his 20 years working in pediatric infectious disease, Dr. John Schieffelin has never seen another illness like pertussis. Also known as whooping cough, it’s a contagious respiratory illness that can develop into a painful, full-body cough. The coughing fits can be severe, often accompanied by a whooping sound

By Meg Tirrell and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has delayed granting full approval of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine despite it being on track to be cleared until Tuesday afternoon, a person familiar with the situation told CNN. The agency is seeking more data on the vaccine, said the source,

By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Once you have embarked upon a new exercise regimen, most people hope to see results almost immediately. Yet whether you’re looking to drop a few pounds, gain muscle or fit into your favorite pair of jeans, it can seem to take forever. This is especially true if you’ve

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Democratic attorneys general in 23 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., alleging that the department’s sudden rollback of $12 billion in public health funding was unlawful and harmful. In the lawsuit,

By Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health agencies Tuesday, with some employees receiving early-morning emails saying their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when they arrived at work. It was not immediately

CNN By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — As preventable infections like measles threaten to become endemic again in the US, researchers whose government grants were recently terminated are warning about the consequences of throttling studies looking at ways to increase vaccination. Among more than 1,600 grant cancellations announced by the US Department of Health and

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — As preventable infections like measles threaten to become endemic again in the US, researchers whose government grants were recently terminated are warning about the consequences of throttling studies looking at ways to increase vaccination. Among more than 1,600 grant cancellations announced by the US Department of Health and Human

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Need another reason to prioritize your sleep? Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep — slow-wave and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep — may hasten the deterioration of parts of the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study found. Deficits in slow-wave and

By Kate Bolduan, Matthew Reynard, and Raya Tarawneh (CNN) — “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to throw up,” Crystal Quigley told CNN. In a letter dated March 9, Quigley, 39, said she had been sober for two years before relapsing on illicit fentanyl. Her anguish

CNN By Kate Bolduan, Matthew Reynard, and Raya Tarawneh (CNN) — “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to throw up,” Crystal Quigley told CNN. In a letter dated March 9, Quigley, 39, said she had been sober for two years before relapsing on illicit fentanyl. Her

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Max Genecov is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dad, and a stuffed animal owner. “I’ve always had them growing up, I had a big fantasy life with them (as a child),” he said. “I just think that they’re nice things you have.”

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — What West Virginia lawmaker Adam Burkhammer “once thought was a conspiracy theory became reality” to him recently. The Republican state delegate had been witnessing “the adverse effects that synthetic dyes were having on my son’s behavior, and the improvement of focus and attention” when he removed foods with the