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Science & Health (page 20)

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

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
Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa), also known as cañero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon Basin. (Jorge Garcia/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Nature’s strangest real life vampires

Matthew Rozsa
Abortion rights protestors rally on July 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Hannah Beier/Getty Images)

Abortion fight could win Pennsylvania

Nicole Karlis
Heavy rains and water from upstream India submerge homes in a village in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district, Bangladesh, on October 5, 2024. (Muhammad Amdad Hossain/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Climate goals are "miles" off target

Matthew Rozsa
A view of burned and destroyed Al-Shifa Hospital due to the Israeli attacks that continue in Gaza City, Gaza on April 1, 2024. (Abdulqader Sabbah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Gaza's collapsing public health system

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris embraces singer Beyoncé at a campaign rally on October 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)

Harris pushing abortion as winning issue

Nicole Karlis
Lava erupts from the crater of a volcano near the mountain Litli-Hrútur, about 40 kilometers southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland. (Philipp Schulze/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Is climate change fueling volcanoes?

Matthew Rozsa
Firefighters watch as flames and smoke move through a valley in the Forest Ranch area of Butte County as the Park Fire continues to burn near Chico, California, on July 26, 2024. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate experts: this election matters

Matthew Rozsa
Man in white Halloween mask with red light (Getty Images)

Why people love to scare themselves

Sarah Kollat - The Conversation
Dead body covered in sheet in hospital (Getty Images/MediaProduction)

The complex ethics of unclaimed bodies

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The climate stakes of the 2024 election

Grist Staff - Grist
Boston, MA - May 7: Nichola Hill, an assistant professor at University of Massachusetts Boston. She studies infectious diseases, including bird flu. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Struggle to track human bird flu cases

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
Man speaking with doctor about concerns (Getty Images/Korrawin)

Penile fillers rising in popularity

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A drone image shows the dome of Tropicana Field which has been torn open due to Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 10, 2024. (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia spread hurricane misinformation

Matthew Rozsa
Menstrual cup (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Can menstrual cups cause prolapse?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A hand holding a smartphone emanating flames. (rob dobi / Getty Images)

Are we misinformed about misinformation?

Sara Talpos - Undark
Colorful Plastic Bottle Caps 655465824 (Getty Images/Deanna Kelly)

Plastics industry’s desires for Trump

Lisa Song - ProPublica
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