Health

September 27, 2024

As of March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID-19, but recommends taking other precautions once your symptoms subside.

Got COVID? Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines

September 27, 2024

COVIDtests.gov will once again offer each U.S. household four free COVID-19 test kits beginning in late September 2024.

Free, at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order yours

September 24, 2024

Shot of a young businessman looking displeased while using a computer at his work desk

Perfectionism is not healthy or sustainable. Here’s what to strive for instead

By Mary E. Anderson

September 24, 2024

Taco Bell’s Big-Cheez-It menu is loaded with fat and more salt than most people should have in a day

September 21, 2024

COVID-19 symptoms can be mild, severe, or nonexistent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and can appear as late as two weeks after you’ve been exposed to the virus.

Could it be COVID? Here are the symptoms to watch out for in 2024

September 21, 2024

Americans live the sickest lives and die the youngest, per a September 2024 report by the Commonwealth Fund, an independent health care research firm.

America ranks worst in the world for health care—despite spending trillions

September 19, 2024

Fall begins Sept. 22 and with the change of seasons, the new XEC COVID subvariant that started circulating in Europe over the summer has made its way to the U.S.

Will the XEC COVID variant bring a fall wave of infections? What to know about symptoms and spread

September 18, 2024

Two young women lying side by side, hair flowing down the edge of the bed in the foreground, both holding smartphones

Nearly half of Gen Zers wish TikTok ‘was never invented,’ survey finds

September 17, 2024

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple's "It's Glowtime" event in Cupertino, California

Here’s what you should know about Apple’s new sleep and hearing health features

September 17, 2024

Bill Gates says today’s global child health crisis is tomorrow’s economic catastrophe

By Jennifer Fields

September 17, 2024

Kate Winslet in a black v-neck dress seen from the waist up

Actor Kate Winslet touts testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for low sex drive in women. Here’s what it means

September 16, 2024

A.I. might actually help us find a greater sense of purpose at work

By Hillary Hoffower

September 16, 2024

Smiling young man in sportswear listening to music on wireless earbuds while running along a tree lined footpath in an urban park

Here’s the right way to start running

September 14, 2024

Deepak Chopra says inflammation is ‘the number one pandemic of our times.’ He suggests these 5 habits to help reduce it

By Alexa Mikhail

September 13, 2024

How did a Missouri resident get bird flu without exposure to animals? Officials say it’s a rare ‘one-off’

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press

September 12, 2024

Wellness leader Deepak Chopra launched an AI digital twin that gives his advice on everything ‘from sex to spirituality’

By Alexa Mikhail

September 12, 2024

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris onstage in front of lecterns

‘Transgender operations on illegal aliens’: Here’s what Trump may have been talking about in debate

September 11, 2024

Firefighters pause for a second moment of silence outside FDNY Engine 4/Ladder 15’s firehouse in lower Manhattan on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York.

9/11-related illnesses have killed more FDNY members than died in World Trade Center attack

September 11, 2024

woman with her back to us looking at a radiology screen of a breast, woman in background standing at mammography machine

Women will now be notified about breast density after mammograms. Here’s what should happen next

September 11, 2024

Ozempic maker has developed a pill that can cause weight loss of up to 13% in three months

By Chris Morris

September 11, 2024

Kate Middleton claps during Windleton tennis tournament in 2023.

Kate Middleton says she’s finished chemotherapy: ‘My path to healing and full recovery is long’

September 9, 2024

Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa sitting down at the Golden Globes

Patti Scialfa, E Street Band member and wife of Bruce Springsteen, has a cancer called multiple myeloma. Here’s what that means

September 9, 2024

Adults 65 and older should get their annual flu shot between mid-September and early October, according to Dr. Robert Hopkins Jr., medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Older adults should get their flu shots now. Here’s why they also need stronger vaccines

September 8, 2024

Both hospital and residential sinks are breeding grounds for pathogens capable of causing illnesses including pneumonia, wound infections, and Legionnaires’ disease, according to researchers at Flinders University in South Australia.

Your sink is a breeding ground for bacteria that cause pneumonia and Legionnaires’ disease. How to keep it clean

September 6, 2024

Thousands of drug plants have gone uninspected by the FDA since 2019

By Matthew Perrone, Nicky Forster and The Associated Press

September 6, 2024

September and October are ideal flu vaccination periods for most people, who need only a single dose each season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New flu shots have arrived. Here’s the best time to get your annual vaccine

September 3, 2024

Is melatonin or ashwagandha better for sleep? Experts weigh in

By Hillary Hoffower

September 1, 2024

Suspect who hit NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his little brother drank five or six beers before the crash: report

By Stephen Whyno and The Associated Press

August 30, 2024

Sleeper-inners, rejoice! Getting a late start on the weekends isn’t just an indulgence, it could also be beneficial to your heart health, suggests a new study out of China.

Sleeping in on weekends could cut your risk of heart disease by up to 20%, new study shows