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Dr. Gaurav Shinde gives a patient her vaccinations for COVID and her flu shot at the Walgreens pharmacy in Torrance, California on September 5, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

La. DOH bans vaccine promotion

Griffin Eckstein
Telescope on the background of the starry sky and moon. (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

The moon may be older than we thought

Nicole Karlis
Women walk through a war-torn neighborhood in Omdurman on November 2, 2024. (AMAURY FALT-BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudan civil war: Fueled by meth

Niko Vorobyov
A vehicule is stranded on a water-flooded street after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida on October 9, 2024. (MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change wreaked havoc in 2024

Matthew Rozsa
A virologist at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts works in her lab, tracking the avian influenza virus. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

First severe bird flu case in Louisiana

Elizabeth Hlavinka
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams (KSC/NASA/Francisco Martin)

NASA astronauts stranded until March

Matthew Rozsa
This artist’s concept shows interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) after its discovery in 2017. (NASA European Southern Observatory/M. Kornmesser)

NASA detects more dark comets

Matthew Rozsa
A woman taking medicine in her room at home (Getty Images/Kayoko Hayashi)

Is zinc a placebo for colds?

Nicole Karlis
Biological clock (Getty Images/nambitomo)

Memory problems? It may be lack of sleep

Matthew Rozsa
Patient care and service workers protest at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Unions reduce the odds of dying: study

Nicole Karlis
At a mobile clinic set up for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the front lines in 2022, a woman receives medical attention from a Doctors Without Borders physician. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Caring for patients from conflict zones

Arjun V.K. Sharma - Undark
Digital Brain Upload (Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)

Uploading the brain to live forever

Matthew Rozsa
In this photo illustration, Elizabeth Snouffer, whose had type 1 diabetes for most of her life, displays her insulin capsule which she needs to take daily on March 02, 2023 in New York City. (Illustration by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The biohackers who make DIY insulin

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Green kratom powder, capsule and beverage (Getty Images/Betka82)

Kratom is a "blessing and a curse"

Elizabeth Hlavinka
US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 12, 2024 in New York City. (DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s lawyer: revoke polio vaccines

Matthew Rozsa
Italy, Magenta Hospital, Emergency. (Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Moving to Italy for health care was wise

Linda Barnett
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Behind lack of empathy for UHC CEO death

Nicole Karlis
Sick woman alone in a hospital room (Getty Images/Yoss Sabalet)

Americans more sick than rest of world

Matthew Rozsa
Planet Earth Seen From Space (Getty Images/fotograzia)

Should we geoengineer the planet?

Ramin Skibba - Undark
Meteorologist Brian Kyle monitors the area weather at the National Weather Service offices Monday, May 23, 2022 in Dickinson. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Trump's war on facts worries scientists

Matthew Rozsa
A globe balancing on the edge of a beam (Getty Images/Daniel Grizelj)

How to frame climate tipping points

Kate Yoder - Grist
Doctor discussing contraceptive methods with a patient (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Abortion bans impact contraception care

Nicole Karlis
Empty Plate (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Are the health benefits of fasting real?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
James Webb Telescope and Pillars of Creation (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/NASA)

Bringing the universe into focus

Mark Wolverton - Undark
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