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Salon covers science and health news through investigations, insightful reporting, commentary and analysis.

Healthcare professional is discussing an x-ray with a woman in the hospital (Getty Images/Morsa Images)

Long COVID and lung damage

Jeffrey M. Sturek, Alexandra Kadl - The Conversation
An NHS staff prepares to administer the Covid-19 vaccination booster jab during a press tour at a vaccination center (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Social media use and vaccine hesitancy

Muhammad E. Rasul, Jaeho Cho, Saifuddin Ahmed - The Conversation
PCR tests inside vials awaiting testing inside an on-site laboratory for COVID-19 beside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on November 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

Will COVID spike again this fall?

Céline Gounder - KFF Health News
Capsule pills and marijuana in a blister-pack (Getty Images / Ilya Sereda / EyeEm)

Is cannabis an effective antibiotic?

Troy Farah
Election Vote Button 2022 (Getty Images/adamkaz)

Experts: Red trickle vindicates polling

Matthew Rozsa
A Turtle (Getty Images/Minko)

Cowabunga! These turtles can talk

Matthew Rozsa
Gavin Newsom speaks at a Homekey site to announce the latest round of awards for homeless housing projects across the state on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Medi-Cal leaves most patients behind

Angela Hart - KFF Health News
Doctor writing notes on a clipboard in a modern hospital (Getty Images/shapecharge)

Haven’t seen your doctor in a few years?

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
Wastewater samples for covid-19 analysis. ( DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty)

Wastewater monitoring and public health

Rochelle H. Holm - The Conversation
Small cannabis leaf on USA flag (Getty Images/Olena Ruban)

Five states voted on adult-use marijuana

Troy Farah
Vector of a man looking in the mirror and seeing themself as a woman (Getty Images/SIphotography)

The autism and gender dysphoria link

Matthew Rozsa
Autumn Trees at Walden Pond (Getty Images/Mick Roessler)

Fact-checking Thoreau’s observations

Tara K. Miller, Richard B. Primack, Abe Miller-Rushing - The Conversation
Emperor Penguins in Antarctica (Getty Images/Paul Souders)

The great threat emperor penguins face

Stephanie Jenouvrier - The Conversation
A nurse prepares an injection of the Moderna dose vaccine on 26 September, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. (Alejandro Martinez Velez/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Pandemic greed killed 1.3 million: study

Troy Farah
Gay couple sitting outside together (Getty Images/franckreporter)

Same-sex couples cope with stress better

Matthew Rozsa
Wind turbine reflected in solar panels (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

Governors could derail climate plans

John McCracken - Grist
San Pedro Cactus (Wikimedia Commons/Ajor933)

An early example of psychedelic ritual

Troy Farah
Garbage, pollution (Getty Images)

Calif. wants proof plastic is recyclable

Joseph Winters - Grist
A woman filming yoga on phone, closeup (Getty Images/Teraphim)

How TikTok spreads diet culture myths

Matthew Rozsa
Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

Cash for colonoscopies

Markian Hawryluk - KFF Health News
Man on the computer in a dark room (Getty Images/Shannon Fagan)

Why young people are having less sex

Christopher T. Conner
Brazilian former President (2003-2010) and candidate for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves at supporters while leaving the polling station, during the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Lula vows to halt deforestation

Blanca Begert - Grist
Boat are partially submerged at a marina in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on September 29, 2022. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurricane Ian's deadly impact on seniors

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
Photo of a person giving money to a beggar (Getty Images/ljubaphoto)

A panhandling study's unsettling finding

Matthew Rozsa
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