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Signage outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Missouri on June 24, 2022. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The campaign to gut Planned Parenthood

Rachana Pradhan - KFF Health News
Obstetrician examining pregnant woman in hospital (Getty Images/Halfpoint Images)

Abortion bans change care in blue states

Nicole Karlis
A registered nurse prepares to administer an intradermal monkeypox vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health on August 15, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected

Wolfgang Preiser, Cheryl Baxter, Jean Nachega - The Conversation
Engineer at recycling center (Getty Images/Pramote Polyamate)

When “recyclable” isn't truly recyclable

Lisa Song - ProPublica
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Choices (Getty Images/kibrick)

Don’t ask AI life-and-death decisions

Samantha Kleinberg - Undark
Ontocetus posti (Courtesy of Jaime Bran)

New species of ancient walrus discovered

Matthew Rozsa
Pregnant woman in a medical exam room looking at her ultrasound pictures (Getty Images/adamkaz)

Abortion exceptions are a "farce"

Nicole Karlis
Martian landscape with lakes, water (Getty Images/gremlin)

Water on Mars found buried deep

Matthew Rozsa
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Friends running together in a park (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Why exercising to lose weight backfires

Matthew Rozsa
A copper IUD, intrauterine device (VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)

IUD update is progress for female pain

Nicole Karlis
Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

Pregnant women being denied ER care

Nicole Karlis
Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus) at Bandhavgarh National park, Madhya Pradesh, India (Getty Images/ePhotocorp)

Vulture deaths linked to human deaths

Matthew Rozsa
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Healthy fresh blooming red rose among a row of other dried dead roses (Getty Images/enviromantic)

How "hopeful skeptics" outsmart Doomers

Rae Hodge
Bronze medalist Noah Lyles of Team United States reacts after competing in the Men's 200m Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Noah Lyles underscores our COVID denial

Troy Farah
An overview shows Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi (L) celebrating with Britain's Adam Peaty (R) after winning the final of the men's 100m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 28, 2024. (FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

Cupping therapy and Olympic athletes

Nicole Karlis
The Perseid meteor shower is seen over the Ulanbum grassland in Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, China, August 14, 2023. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend

Griffin Eckstein
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A .22 pistol firing at a target. (Getty Images/Jesse Bacon)

Second thoughts about gunshot detectors

Rod McCullom - Undark
Minnesota DFL(Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) candidate for governor Tim Walz rallied supporters as he stood with his wife Gwen, son Gus, and daughter Hope, Saturday morning, June 2, 2018 during the DFL State Convention at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Why Tim Walz is the real family man

Nicole Karlis
New Orleans water meter (Photos.com/Getty Images )

Balloon causes New Orleans boil advisory

Griffin Eckstein
Noah Lyles of Team United States after competing in the men's 200m final at the Stade de France during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Lyles wins bronze, despite COVID result

Griffin Eckstein
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NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Astronauts may not come home till 2025

Troy Farah
Sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

WHO lists pandemic potential pathogens

Matthew Rozsa
An abortion rights activist holds a sign at a protest in support of abortion access, March To Roe The Vote And Send A Message To Florida Politicians That Abortion Access Must Be Protected And Defended, on July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (John Parra/Getty Images for MoveOn)

"Chaos" following Florida abortion ban

Nicole Karlis
Doctor putting a patch on the little boy's shoulder after successful vaccination. (Getty Images/SrdjanPav)

Vaccines "less important": Gallup poll

Troy Farah
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