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Tony Blair, Covid-19 experts and Olympians recognized in UK New Year's Honours List

(CNN)Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister is to be knighted with the highest possible ranking in the New Year's Honours List, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. , who was prime minister from 1997-2007, will be appointed a Knight Companion of the…

'Maid' Netflix series based on Stephanie Land's life shows reality of poverty and abuse

(CNN)Each day Stephanie Land got down on her hands and knees to scrub a toilet, she was buoyed by love for her child -- and a dream that one day she would be a writer. Land had escaped an abusive relationship and lacked support from her family. At…

In year two of the pandemic, the Jewish New Year allows for a time to reflect and renew

(CNN)Can this year just stop already? It's a thought ricocheting around the world as we cope with Covid-19, quarantine, wildfires and hurricanes. Rosh Hashanah, which marks the Jewish New Year, begins Monday night. Even if you're not Jewish, it's a…

Here's how to design drug trials to defeat the next pandemic

(CNN)Dr. Myron Cohen began his career fighting HIV in the early 1980s, and he's been battling the epidemic around the world ever since. But he has never worked as hard to generate new therapies and save lives as he has during the Covid-19…

Use of neck restraints by law enforcement should be prohibited, American Academy of Neurology says

(CNN)Law enforcement's use of neck restraints such as chokeholds and strangleholds should be prohibited, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said Wednesday. "The deaths of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and other instances where neck restraints were…

CDC issues new travel advice for more than 120 countries

(CNN)As more people get vaccinated and the spread of Covid-19 becomes more controlled, public health officials are issuing new travel advice for more than 120 countries. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its international…

Most Americans think they can spot fake news. They can't, study finds

(CNN)As many as three in four Americans overestimate their ability to spot false headlines -- and the worse they are at it, the more likely they are to share fake news, researchers reported Monday. The study of surveys involving 8,200 people, which…

How to build lasting habits for a better life

(CNN)Many of us know the kinds of habits that could make us healthier, more successful and likely happier. It might involve being more mindful, drinking more smoothies or training for a 5K race. And yet meditation may seem boring, cooking a healthy…

This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself

(CNN)Doug Lindsay was 21 and starting his senior year at Rockhurst University, a Jesuit college in Kansas City, Missouri, when his world imploded. After his first day of classes, the biology major collapsed at home on the dining room table, the room…

US cruises inch closer to resuming as CDC issues trial cruise guidance

The guidelines are a new phase in the CDC's Framework for Conditional Sailing Order, released in October as a phased approach for preventing Covid-19 transmission aboard cruise ships and eventually resuming cruises with paying passengers. The…

Last year, three in 10 adults worldwide said they wouldn't get a Covid-19 vaccine, Gallup poll finds

(CNN)Nearly 1.3 billion adults globally in 2020 said they would not get a Covid-19 vaccine if one were offered to them at no cost, according to a new Gallup poll released on Monday. The poll, which surveyed more than 300,000 people across 117…

Manufacturers change shipment sizes as coronavirus vaccine demand falls

(CNN)With demand for Covid-19 vaccines falling off, mass vaccination sites around the country find themselves facing a dilemma of how to deliver vaccines without wasting precious doses. State and local leaders have been asking Covid-19 vaccine…

Blood banks phase out collecting convalescent plasma, but fear a US blood shortage

(CNN)In the early months of the pandemic, blood donation centers around the country rushed to collect convalescent plasma as it was seen as a potential wonder treatment for Covid-19. Now many are moving away from plasma collection, and even doing…

How to speak to someone who's hesitant to get vaccinated

(CNN)As a pediatrician, Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez spends many of her days with nervous moms and dads listening to reasons why they're worried about their kids receiving vaccinations. To navigate the complexity, she tells her families that she would…

A third of Covid-19 survivors suffer 'brain disease,' study shows

(CNN)As many as one in three people infected with Covid-19 have longer term mental health or neurological symptoms, researchers reported Tuesday. They found 34% of Covid-19 survivors received a diagnosis for a neurological or psychological condition…

Some Covid-19 long haulers say vaccines may be relieving their symptoms. Researchers are looking into it

(CNN)Jessamyn Smyth hopes that two shots in the arm may be what finally delivers her from a year in which the lasting effects of Covid-19 wreaked chaos in her life. Smyth says that after coming down with an acute infection in March 2020, she…

Salmonella infections in 8 states could be tied to wild songbirds, CDC says

(CNN)Investigators are looking into an outbreak of salmonella infections in 19 people that could be associated with sick or dead birds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections have occurred in eight states, including…

Low-dose aspirin can reduce the risk of ICU admission and death of Covid-19, researchers say

(CNN)Low-dose aspirin may help protect the lungs and reduce the need to put patients on ventilators, researchers reported Wednesday. The cheap and widely available pills also keep patients out of ICUs and can reduce the risk of death, probably by…

A Stanford scientist's quest to cure his son could help unravel the mystery of Covid-19 long haulers

(CNN)At the height of a luminous career in genetics, Ron Davis, professor of biochemistry and genetics at Stanford University in California, switched to researching a disease that many of his colleagues had never heard of. Prior to that shift seven…