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Pediatrician administers a vaccination to a small boy (Getty Images/Vadym Terelyuk)

Whooping cough surges in US

Nicole Karlis
A Chinese pangolin is seen reaching out to the keeper at Save Vietnam's Wildlife rescue center on June 22, 2020 in Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. (Linh Pham/Getty Images)

A tribute to disappearing creatures

Hillary Rosner - Undark
Milk samples are seen as HDC receiving staff prep them for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Those "concerning" bird flu mutations

Nicole Karlis
Giant panda bear eating bamboo (owngarden / Getty Images)

Plants less nutrious from climate change

Ellen Welti - The Conversation
A villager carries a bucket to combat a wildfire raging in Busturenga, Albergaria-a-Velha in Aveiro on September 16, 2024. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Humanity failing to meet climate goals

Matthew Rozsa
Doctor pointing to brain scan images (Getty Images/Tom Werner)

Humans think slower than expected

Matthew Rozsa
A woman feeling sick in her living room. (Getty Images/Roos Koole)

Norovirus cases surging in parts of U.S.

Natalie Chandler
Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams testifies during a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing about how to counter vaccine hesitancy, on Capitol Hill July 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump admin and next pandemic anxieties

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Students taking written examination (Getty Images/Commercial Eye)

Are IQ tests overrated?

Matthew Rozsa
Demonstrators protest and argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court, March 26, 2024. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How abortion rights landscape changed

Nicole Karlis
Diver swims with a whale (Getty Images/Orla)

Whale lifespans are longer than thought

Greg Breed, Peter Corkeron - The Conversation
Spectators look at the National AIDS Memorial Quilt on the Mall October 12, 1996 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Liaison)

LGBTQ+ people relive old traumas

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
Massive black holes in nebula (Getty Images/ sakkmesterke)

Why dark matter's mysteries persist

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Sugar bomb breakfast (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Is sugar a drug?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

NASA probe touches Sun’s atmosphere

Matthew Rozsa
A cat sitting outside in San Bernardino County, California (Getty Images/kevin chen/500px)

Bird flu is killing cats: report

Nicole Karlis
Livestock outside of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA. (Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How America lost control of bird flu

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
A woman washes utensils at a water supply station on the World Water Day in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on March 22, 2023. (Faisal Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Obscure law boosts humanitarian aid

Ashok Gadgil
Apple smartwatches kept at display at the new Apple Inc. store in New Delhi, India on April 20, 2023. (Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Forever chemicals in smart watch bands

Matthew Rozsa
A vendor sells "Make Milk Raw Again" hats at the Homesteaders of America Conference held at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Front Royal, Virginia on October 11, 2024. (Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why conservatives drink raw milk

Nicole Karlis
Espresso coffee cup on vintage table and assortment of grinded and roasted coffee beans (Getty Images/apomares)

Is caffeine actually harmless?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Cannabis leaves, pharmaceutical MDMA, and pink cocaine (aka Tussi) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The drugs that defined 2024

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Doctor examining boy with stethoscope (Getty Images/Andersen Ross)

Black long COVID patients ignored

Janelle R. Goodwill, Tiwaloluwa Ajibewa - The Conversation
This image of the star cluster NGC 346, captured by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA))

Webb telescope confirms planetary theory

Matthew Rozsa
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