The digital world is built on advertising. How do we help kids navigate it?

Since the advent of the internet and mobile technology, ads can reach adults and children anytime, anywhere, and target them based on what their online behavior reveals.

May 2021

5 ways to repair a friendship (or leave it behind if toxic)

It can be tempting to let a friendship fade instead of facing conflict -- especially when life feels overwhelming in other ways -- because conflict is hard. But the state of these key relationships can be vital to your health. Here's how to begin to heal hurt feelings.

May 2021

What's the science behind CDC's decision to say fully vaccinated people don't need masks?

A fresh batch of data from a big study of health care workers across the country helped prompt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to say fully vaccinated people can go without masks in most circumstances, the agency said Friday.

May 2021

Wait, does this mean the pandemic is over for vaccinated people?

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday abruptly changed its guidance on masks and social distancing, saying people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 don't have to wear masks indoors, and they don't have to keep their distance from others.

May 2021

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines

Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges -- even struggling -- as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN.

May 2021

Most states require parental consent for Covid-19 shots for ages 12 to 15, but not all. Here's the list.

Nearly all states require some form of parental or guardian consent for vaccine providers to administer Covid-19 shots to people ages 12 to 15, a CNN analysis finds. But there are a few exceptions.

May 2021

Some still need to mask up even if vaccinated. Are you one of them?

The news flashed across the country -- mask-free at last!

May 2021

Those emerging cicadas are giving some people anxiety

Rosalie Lacorazza already has lived through two 17-year cicada events and dreads what's coming.

May 2021

It's easy to nod off to 'sleep stories.' Making them is hard

Elizabeth Skipper, a freelance copywriter in Cincinnati, has done something that might make a lot of people jealous.

May 2021

Volcanoes could still be active on Mars

The barren landscape of Mars makes the planet seem like a quiet, frozen desert where nothing has happened for billions of years except for the occasional dust storm.

May 2021