Some kids may tend more toward shyness, but that doesn't mean they are the only ones who feel shy, according to a new study. The latest research shows how common the experience is, and experts share when families should and should not worry.
Certain work conditions -- including inflexible or late-night schedules and lack of paid sick leave -- can have a significant effect on mental health, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A research team in China has found that consumption of fried food, specifically fried potatoes, could increase the risk of anxiety and depression, possibly due to the chemical acrylamide.
Elementary students lined up behind a white curtain in the middle of a grand gymnasium at their school in northern California. They stood still as a dog handler walked a yellow Labrador along the other side of the curtain.
When the federal public health emergency expires on May 11, some shared data requirements will come to an end and the federal government will lose access to key metrics. Some experts and patients at high risk of severe covid outcomes worry the scaling back of data access could make it harder to control covid.
You can't choose your children's friends, but author and school counselor Phyllis L. Fagell suggests how you can help them manage five frustrating friendship pitfalls.
The World Health Organization has elevated the fast-growing Omicron sublineage XBB.1.16 as a new variant of interest, and says it is outcompeting the previously dominant XBB.1.5 in many regions.
In the 1960s, a courageous group of young women braved the risk of arrest and imprisonment to provide abortions to over 11,000 women in Chicago. Here's what they want you to know to survive today's struggle over reproductive rights.
Some research suggests drug and alcohol use increased in adults after the start of the pandemic, and now new research shows that kids under 6 years old have been ingesting some of these substances as well. Experts share what we need to do about it.
About 25% of the US population has some kind of physical or cognitive disability, and often this correlates with poor fitness, according to research. Here's how to modify a workout if you have limited mobility so you can become fit and maintain a routine.
For most of her life, Tammy La Barbera has been taking care of someone other than herself. First, it was her two children. Then, it was her brother and father, who both died after being diagnosed with cancer. Now, Tammy is taking care of her 90-year-old mother, Ada, who was diagnosed with dementia five years ago.
Emergent, the maker of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan, said in a statement Thursday that it is aiming for an out-of-pocket price of less than $50 for its nasal spray product now that the US Food and Drug Administration allows for over-the-counter sales.
Weed affects your ability to make decisions, control emotions, remember important data, plan, organize and solve problems, a new study found, and that impact may last well past your initial high.
The rate of suspected suicides and suicide attempts by poisoning among young people rose sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study says. Among children 10 to 12 years old, the rate increased more than 70% from 2019 to 2021.
A new poll shows that reproductive rights are important to students deciding where to go to college or if they will stay on their campus. An expert explains why that could be a problem.
Over the past decade, there has been a trend toward legalizing marijuana in the US. CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen urges recreational users and would-be users to be cautious and understand the health risks, especially for young kids and pregnant people.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations on the Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday to allow another dose of the bivalent booster for people who are 65 and older or who have weakened immune systems and who "want the option of added protection" against the coronavirus.
People with type 2 diabetes who drink more coffee, tea and water can dramatically lower their risk of heart disease and early death, a new study found.
