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How safe are probiotics?

Hannah Thomasy - Massive Science
Candida auris in a petri dish at the CDC. (Wikimedia)

Experts warn about deadly Candida auris

Nicole Karlis
The skeleton of a prehistoric Spinosaurus at Drouot Montaigne auction house in Paris, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP/Francois Mori)

Lessons from dinosaurs in an AI era

Nadia Naffi - The Conversation
Anchorage, Alaska (Getty/Chilkoot)

Climate change pushing disease to Alaska

Eric Holthaus - Grist
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How easy are vaccine exemptions?

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
This image released by Sesame Workshop shows Julia, a new autistic muppet character debuting on the 47th Season of "Sesame Street," on April 10, 2017, on both PBS and HBO. (Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop via AP)

How disability can make society better

Kimberly Maich - The Conversation
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Hospitals dive into stem cell treatments

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
Nancy Pelosi; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

Health law returns to center stage

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
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Will Congress leave Colorado River dry?

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
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Don't say autism needs curing

Matthew Rozsa
Bernie Sanders, accompanied by Kirsten Gillibrand, speaks to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Can we afford Medicare for All?

Salomeh Keyhani - Independent Media Institute
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NAS to vote on removing sexual harassers

Nicole Karlis
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Plastic kills another whale

Nicole Karlis
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We now have a catalog of exoplanets

Nicole Karlis
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Warming oceans hurting Cape Cod turtles

Anna Robuck - Massive Science
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Texas targets air quality programs

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Lori Gottlieb: Therapists are humans

Nicole Karlis
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Go big on e-cig regulation

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
FILE -- In this April 19, 2005, file photo, the last of shipment of high-level radioactive waste is driven away from the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in Golden, Colo. (Sammy Dallal/The Daily Camera via AP, file) (AP)

Nevada wants DOE to remove plutonium

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Public libraries walk a fine line

Jane Roberts - Undark
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Joaninha Manuel, 9, and her sister Rosita Moises Zacarias, 15, look at their father Francisco Simon in their house destroyed by the cyclone Idai as they go to seep in a shelter in Buzi, Mozambique, on March 22, 2019. (Getty/Yasuyoshi Chiba)

Disaster relief done right

Phil Buchanan
Candlelight memorial service for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School at Pine Trail Park on February 15, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. (mpi04/MediaPunch/IPX)

Media contagion and suicide

Lisa Pescara-Kovach
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Tips to stay safe while studying abroad

Chad M. Gasta - The Conversation
Containers of Roundup a weed killer is seen on a shelf at a hardware store in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. A battle over the main ingredient in Roundup, the popular weed killer sprayed by farmers and home gardeners worldwide, is coming to a head in California, where officials want to be the first to label the chemical, glyphosate, with warnings that it could cause cancer. Chemical giant Monsanto has sued the nation's leading agricultural producer, saying state officials illegally based their decision for warning labels on an international health organization. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) (AP)

Does Monsanto’s Roundup cause cancer?

Richard G. “Bugs” Stevens - The Conversation
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