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Young guy and girl sitting on a couch looking bored (Getty Images)

Quarantine is making us more awkward

Nicole Karlis
Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

It matter when people jump the line

Elisabeth Rosenthal - KFF Health News
Pregnant woman standing by the big window with face medical mask on (Getty Images)

Pregnant women pass antibodies to fetus

Nicole Karlis
Deep frying food in restaurant kitchen (Getty Images)

Fried food: Tasty but deadly

Matthew Rozsa
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Coronavirus outbreak concept with disease cells as a 3D render (Getty Images)

Will vaccines work on mutant viruses?

Matthew Rozsa
A vaccine syringe is held over a model of a coronavirus (Peter Endig/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Can the US keep COVID variants in check?

Anna Maria Barry-Jester - KFF Health News
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office while arriving back at the White House on December 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

"Secret science" ban gets tossed

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves her news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Window to pass legislation is closing

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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Mediterranean hurricane (Medicane) Ianos makes landfall in Greece. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2020)

A "disasterologist" talks climate change

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
Ammonite fossils (Getty Images)

A rare fossil find

Matthew Rozsa
Planet Venus (Getty Images/3quarks)

Sulfur dioxide mistaken for life sign?

Matthew Rozsa
An empty public restroom (Getty Images)

Is it safe to use public restrooms?

Nicole Karlis
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Close up of scientist holding and analyzing planet earth (Getty Images)

Did states keep their climate promise?

Shannon Osaka - Grist
A researcher works on a vaccine against the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Copenhagen's University research lab in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 23, 2020. (THIBAULT SAVARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Medical volunteers face a new test

Michael Schulson - Undark
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New clues to help monarch conservation

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
Files seen during a press conference on the investigation of the Dyatlov Pass Incident case that has recently been reopened. Between February 1 and 2, 1959, a group of nine skiers led by Igor Dyatlov died under unclear circumstances in the Northern Urals. (Donat SorokinTASS via Getty Images)

Dyatlov Pass mystery possibly solved

Matthew Rozsa
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A Black Sea common bottlenose dolphin is seen during an open training session in the dolphinarium at the Okean medical centre. The Okean medical centre has a wide range of health resort facilities, including mud baths, a physiotherapy department, a hydrotherapy department, a seawater pool, a gym, healthy meals, and hotel accommodation. At the beginning of 2021, the dolphinarium started to offer a new service, dolphin therapy, that includes a programme of correction and rehabilitation. (Yuri SmityukTASS via Getty Images)

Dolphin assisted therapy faces scrutiny

Matthew Rozsa
Brother And Sister Looking At Their Respective Digital Devices (Getty Images/ DNY59)

10 ways parents can reduce kids' stress

Amanda Sheffield Morris, Jennifer Hays-Grudo - The Conversation
View of the downtown Phoenix, Arizona city skyline as seen from South Mountain Park (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Phoenix become uninhabitable?

Matthew Rozsa
Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell and Nany Pelosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

4 health issues tackled in spending bill

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
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Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why I sleep better with Sleepy Joe

Sophia A. McClennen
Woman drinking glass of beer (Getty Images)

Stop buying my daughter drinks

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Child with face mask back at school after covid-19 quarantine and lockdown (Getty Images)

New COVID cases drop 25% or more

Christina Jewett - KFF Health News
Different types of protective face mask (Getty Images)

Swapping your facemask could save lives

James Knitter, Abba Gumel, Lucas Marinacci
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