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The actor’s red ‘Baywatch’ swimsuit is one of the most infamous on-screen uniforms of the ’90s. It’s now on display in an exhibition mapping changing swimwear tastes.

For the past two years, CNN has been documenting illicit fentanyl users, most of whom are in recovery. The adversity they face, both physical and mental, is enormous. What does it even look like to recover from abusing a street drug 50 times stronger than heroin?

Fashion giant H&M plans to create artifical intelligence (AI) clones of its models this year, raising yet more questions for an industry grappling with both the technology’s potential and its impact on workers.

The head of the US Food and Drug Administration department responsible for assuring the safety and effectiveness of vaccines has resigned, according to a resignation letter obtained by CNN.

A vast coin collection, much of which was buried underground for more than 50 years, is expected to fetch in excess of $100 million at auction, according to experts.

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is cutting 10,000 full-time employees across health agencies, the department told CNN.

State and local public health departments are bracing themselves as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulls back about $11.4 billion in grants that were allocated to state and community health departments during the Covid-19 pandemic response.

Five key division leaders at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving the public health agency as it braces for cuts that could affect as much as a third of its workforce.

The oil painting will be removed at the request of Republican leaders in Colorado’s state legislature, after the president claimed it was “purposefully distorted.”

The NIH has eliminated funding for dozens of HIV-related research grants, according to a US Department of Health and Human Services database that was updated last week, halting studies and threatening patient care across the country. Several researchers said the cuts put a stop to hopes of ending HIV in the US and around the world.

Traditionally used to reduce signs of ageing, the facelift is often associated with those in later life. However, an increasing number of younger people have been seeking out the surgery.

Although measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, it still rages on in many parts of the world. With decreasing vaccination rates across the US, experts say, imported cases can have large consequences.

With a court injunction prohibiting the group from acting independently of its label, NewJeans announced a “pause” on “all activities” at a controversial sold-out show in Hong Kong.

The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles in January ranks as the second-most destructive wildfire in Southern California history, with more than 23,000 acres and 5,000 structures burned. So many structures burned simultaneously, with so many unknown contents: plastics in furniture, batteries in cars.

A South Korean court has ruled against K-pop band NewJeans in its long-running dispute with record label Ador.

Acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz and artist Maggie Barrett have been in a creatively rich relationship for 30 years. But it hasn’t been without complications, as captured in a new documentary.

Three hundred and fifty-five cases have been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, but local officials say that it’s an undercount and that the virus could continue to spread spread for months.

In recent weeks the breakout star has become known for her blunt, ultra-short haircut as much as her acting chops.

The former US surgeon general says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure will not be defined by his work on nutrition or chronic disease but by how he responds to an inexorably increasing number of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.

An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time since its recent rediscovery.

A thief who swiped a golden toilet from an English palace has been convicted along with an accomplice who helped cash in on the spoils of the 18-carat work of art valued at more than $6 million.

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are on their way back to Earth after nearly nine months in space and will soon be readjusting to life with gravity.

The enigmatic artists took on “modern internet capitalism” and made millions. Now, a new book provides a behind-the-scenes look at how they did it.

The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future pandemics, according to three sources familiar with the situation.

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the sale of human body parts in auction houses.

Three months into 2025, the United States has surpassed the total number of measles cases in the country for all of last year.

Demna Gvasalia has been appointed as the creative director at Kering’s biggest brand.

The White House has withdrawn its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two Trump administration official familiar with the decision told CNN.

The Fall-Winter 2025 shows offered new takes on corporate dressing and a few nods to the late American filmmaker David Lynch.

Cases in the ongoing measles outbreak have risen to 258 across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and state health departments are urging more people to get the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine.

Models emerged from toilet stalls and celebrities posed by sinks after Valentino’s Alessandro Michele transformed his Paris Fashion Week venue into an atmospheric tiled restroom.

Ellen Larsson turned celebrity dressing on its head when she began putting A-listers in everyday objects. After her Paris Fashion Week show, the Swedish designer discussed her avant-garde approach to upcycling.

Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. It was the closest the nation has gotten to losing elimination status for the extremely contagious disease, a milestone that was achieved in 2000.

The Fall-Winter 2025 shows had infectious energy and eye-catching looks seen both on and off the runways.

Nearly 230 measles cases have been identified in outbreaks in West Texas and a nearby New Mexico county.

A team from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived in Texas this week to aid in the response to a growing measles outbreak, and US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that they would talk to “front-line doctors and see what is working on the ground” and learn about therapeutics “ignored” by the agency.

Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes of which this state hasn’t seen in more than 30 years. Many here say the Mennonites, a tight-knit Anabaptist community that works much of this land, are at the root of the outbreak’s lightning spread.

The first time Cindy Crawford worked with the photographer Helmut Newton, the supermodel shed her all-American persona for a dalliance with Monte Carlo for US Vogue. Now, a lesser-seen outtake from the shoot is back on view.

As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has leaned heavily on treatment with vitamin A, as well as “good results” from the use of the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil.

Speaking to CNN ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, the founder of one of China’s first private architecture firms reflects on a career designing unpretentious buildings in an era of excess.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas to respond to the growing measles outbreak. The agency posted on X that it’s partnering with the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The measles outbreak is surging in West Texas, especially in under-vaccinated communities, but it’s not just coverage with the measles vaccine that is lagging behind. The use of other key vaccines in the childhood immunization schedule has decreased too.

Selena Gomez was among the celebrities to wear intricate, hand-embroidered gowns featuring thousands of shimmering embellishments to the 2025 Oscars.

As a measles outbreak in Texas has grown to nearly 150 cases, US Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an opinion piece on Fox News on Sunday that parents should consult with health-care providers “to understand their options to get the MMR vaccine” for their children.

Selena Gomez was among the celebrities to wear intricate, hand-embroidered gowns featuring thousands of shimmering embellishments to the 2025 Oscars.

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans.

Many beauty enthusiasts have recently turned to ingredients you’d usually find in the food aisle, such as bananas, flaxseed and even beef tallow, as a way to hydrate the skin and reduce acne.

One hundred forty-six measles cases have been reported in the outbreak in West Texas, the Texas Department of Health Services said in an update today. This is 22 more confirmed cases since an update on Tuesday, when 124 cases were reported.