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Alek Minassian, in custody for driving the van involved in a collision that injured at least eight people at Yonge St. and Finch Avenue on April 23, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Linkedin)

The weird incel/autism intersection

Matthew Rozsa
David Miller and Angie Hagans eat their favorite meal after waiting one year to dine inside Mos Smokehouse BBQ in downtown San Luis Obispo as San Luis Obispo county moved into the red tier that allows for indoor dining and gym reopening. Its one of our favorite restaurants. We ran over when we heard they were open, said David Miller. Mos Smokehouse BBQ general manager Nancy Snyder said, We were ready and excited to open. downtown on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in San Luis Obispo, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Maybe we shouldn't be dining out at all

Nicole Karlis
(Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

"Frightening" data on world's rainforest

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
A worn-out mouth and nose protection mask lies thrown away on the street (Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images)

OANN's shocking misreading of CDC report

Matthew Rozsa
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Influencer Girl blogger in medical mask talks about coronavirus (Getty Images)

Anti-vax rhetoric is spreading on Insta

Nicole Karlis
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden criticizes Trump vaccine contracts

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
Man wearing a face mask looking out of a window (Getty Images)

CDC's new COVID-19 guidelines

Matthew Rozsa
Families queue up in front of the entrance to the Opel Zoo before its reopening. The extensive measures to protect against infection with the corona virus have been relaxed somewhat in Hesse. On the first opening day after the lockdown, the rush was great. (Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images)

GOP govs are rolling back restrictions

Matthew Rozsa
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President Donald Trump (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Scientific integrity at a crossroads

Augusta Wilson - Undark
Coronavirus and blood cells (Getty Images)

How COVID deranges the immune system

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
No Leg Room On Airplane (Getty Images)

There's no "right to recline"

Michael Heller, James Salzman
A highway worker tries to shield himself while walking to his truck in Lubbock, Texas. (John Weast/Getty Images)

Gene makes some resilient to cold temps

Victoria Wyckelsma, Peter John Houweling - The Conversation
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Time lost in the COVID-19 pandemic year (Getty Images)

A history of how pandemics change us

Matthew Rozsa
Rules of Estrangement by Joshua Coleman (Photo illustration by Salon/Terry Riggins/Harmony)

When adult children become estranged

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A group of demonstrators display signs during a pro-life rally outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Center (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

States aim to chip away at Roe v. Wade

Justin Franz - KFF Health News
Second-grade pupils wear face masks as they attend school lessons (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Are schools safe? Teachers are terrified

Bob Hennelly
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Is it time to control cigarette-makers?

Joshua M. Pearce - The Conversation
Pink symmetrical image of portrait sculpture of Giuliano de' Medici created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 16 century (Getty Images)

Why narcissism can be contagious

Matthew Rozsa
A blister pack of Ketamine lozenges at the psychedelic therapy clinic | Girl with recreation drug on tongue (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

When psychedelic drugs get medicalized

Jonathan Dickinson, Dimitri Mugianis
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, left, listens as State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs speaks about the state's continued efforts in dealing with COVID-19 (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi lifts COVID restrictions

Adam Mahoney - Grist
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A photo taken on February 12, 2021 shows a box of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine at the university hospital, at the start of the inoculation with the AstraZeneca vaccine at the hospital, in Halle/Saale, eastern Germany. (JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images)

Rural Americans hurting for vaccines

Markian Hawryluk - KFF Health News
A healthcare worker receives a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"Vaccine guilt" is a real thing

Nicole Karlis
Antique Illustration, "Scene during the Lower Oolite Period (Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, a Marsupial, etc)" (Getty Images)

Primates coexisted with dinosaurs: study

Matthew Rozsa
Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Stimulus bill penalizes single parents

Nicole Karlis
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