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Visitors walk under the sun at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, near Furnace Creek, during a heatwave impacting Southern California on July 7, 2024. (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

Earth on track for hottest year recorded

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump. Pro-choice protesters. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can states protect abortion from Trump?

Nicole Karlis
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the FDA Food And Drug Administration headquarters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK's war on public health under Trump

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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)

Third of Americans distrust COVID shots

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump. Heavy smoke rises from a wildfire burning in a mountain near a residential area on September 10, 2024 in Irvine, California. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Trump’s win will spur climate chaos

Matthew Rozsa
Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center on January 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump wins, planet loses

Tik Root - Grist
Dental Nightmares (Illustration by Oona Zenda/KFF News)

Dentists pull healthy teeth for profit

Brett Kelman, Anna Werner - KFF Health News
American flag with data (Getty Images/SEAN GLADWELL)

How accurate were polls in 2024?

Matthew Rozsa
A woman walks by campaign signs at an early voting site at the West Oaks Branch Library in Ocoee, Florida, United States on October 27, 2024. (Paul Hennesy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Most abortion ballot measures pass

Nicole Karlis
A person wears a hat with pins during a pro-abortion rights rally on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on June 24, 2024. (MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida abortion rights amendment fails

Marin Scotten
Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump pauses to a video during a campaign event at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, on November 2, 2024. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump snaps when asked about abortion

Marin Scotten
Tucker Carlson speaks at his Live Tour at the Desert Diamond Arena on October 31, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Carlson blames abortion for hurricanes

Matthew Rozsa
People speak in the street after heavy rain and flooding hit large parts of the country on November 04, 2024 in Paiporta, Spain. (Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images)

Spain reeling from deadly floods

Matthew Rozsa
Hemp leaf on an American flag (Getty Images/Dmitriy83)

5 states to vote for weed & psychedelics

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Signs supporting the Right to Abortion Initiative are displayed during a rally on September 5, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. The initiative will be on the November 5th ballot as an amendment to Montana's constitution. (William Campbell/Getty Images)

Abortion on the ballot in 2024: Results

Nicole Karlis
The sun shines through a saguaro cactus in Phoenix, Ariona, on June 7, 2024. Millions remain under heat alerts as Phoenix and Las Vegas break temperature records. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Phoenix's extreme heat is a warning

Matthew Rozsa
Water flow from a tap at a sink (Getty Images/Pornanun)

$10 billion to fix California's water

Vanessa G. Sánchez - KFF Health News
Mother and daughter hugging (Getty Images/Mayur Kakade)

Harris’ economic plan would protect kids

Ruth Bettelheim Ph.D. - Undark
Sad girl sitting in a classroom (Getty Images/Tomwang112)

The toll of gun violence on youth

Raquel Perry
Globe on a stethoscope (Getty Images/Sorapop)

Improve global health by listening

Kinari Webb, Garry Aslanyan - Undark
President Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Don't forget how Trump botched COVID

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Pigs wait for food at the Burger's Farm Market in Drums, Pennsylvania. (Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Bird flu detected in pigs for first time

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Smoke is emitting from the chimneys at a brick factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 22, 2024. (Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"Alarm bells" over greenhouse gases

Matthew Rozsa
Morris Brown, a primary care physician, says that South Carolina lawmakers’ refusal to expand Medicaid will result in preventable deaths because many people who live near his medical offices in Kingstree and Lake City cannot afford to go to a doctor. (Gavin McIntyre for KFF Health News)

Black Americans suffer worse health

Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam - KFF Health News
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