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Walking through darkness to the light (Getty Images/francescoch)

Pursuit of death on psychiatric grounds

Frieda Klotz - Undark
Diet of a pea on a plate (Getty Images/ziquiu)

We need better eating disorder treatment

Elizabeth Hlavinka
In this photo taken on April 25, 2024 a farmer shows a dried up corn at a drought-stricken farm in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. (JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change already changing our diet

Matthew Rozsa
A row of oil refineries line the water of the Port of Corpus Christi. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sea level rise comes for major oil ports

Matthew Rozsa
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Abortion State Courts (Illustration by Oona Zenda/KFF Health News)

State judges have final say on abortion

Bram Sable-Smith, Katheryn Houghton - KFF Health News
A home burns during the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025. (AGUSTIN PAULLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfire "season" is no longer a thing

Nicole Karlis
People attempt to save a neighboring home from catching fire during the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Increasing weather whiplash fuels fires

Kate Yoder - Grist
The photo taken on July 6, 2024 shows an aerial view of a partially submerged Guanyin temple in floodwaters in the swollen Yangtze River, in Ezhou, in central China's Hubei province. China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with flooding across central and southern regions as much of the north swelters through rolling heat waves. (Photo by AFP / China OUT Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Hottest year on record is major failure

Matthew Rozsa
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Abortion-rights supporters face anti-abortion protesters at a rally for reproductive rights at the Texas Capitol on May 14, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)

People flee abortion ban states

Nicole Karlis
Woman holding a handful of vitamins (Getty Images/Strauss/Curtis)

Supplements shouldn't be this complex

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Young female patient in the clinic suffering a coughing fit while the doctor listens to the her lungs with a stethoscope. (Getty Images/stefanamer)

Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu?

Nicole Karlis
Ducks with bird flu also known as poultry flu are collected and put in a container on Pommernhof in Zarnewanz near Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on November 28, 2024 in Zarnewanz, Germany. (Frank Soellner/Getty Images)

Is climate change making bird flu worse?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Satellites Flying Around Earth (Getty Images/yucelyilmaz)

Scientists propose space junk cleanup

Matthew Rozsa
Alzheimers and dementia research, a brain scan in multi well tray used for research experiments in laboratory (Getty Images/Andrew Brookes)

Alzheimer’s may not be from amyloids

Joshua Cohen - Undark
Fire personnel respond to homes destroyed while a helicopter drops water as the Palisades Fire grows in Pacific Palisades, California on January 7, 2025. (DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump spreading wildfire misinformation

Matthew Rozsa
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

TX Republicans take aim at abortion pill

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune
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A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California on January 8, 2025. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The lingering toxicity of wildfires

Matthew Rozsa
The tiny Baker County health department offers lots of services, including home visits by a nurse for new moms and infants. (Lillian Mongeau Hughes for KFF Health News)

Finding maternity care for rural women

Lillian Mongeau Hughes - KFF Health News
Pluto and Charon (Getty Images/HYPERSPHERE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Pluto captured its moon with a kiss

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Los Angeles County firefighters pull a hose in front of a burning home as the Eaton Fire moved through the area on January 08, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

LA wildfires: Climate crisis is urgent

Daria Solovieva
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A house smolders in the aftermath of the Marshall fire in Rock Creek above the Interlocken golf course December 31, 2021. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger

Colleen E. Reid - The Conversation
Man's hands in protective gloves searching bread on empty shelves in a groceries store (Getty Images/ArtMarie)

Meet the bird flu pandemic preppers

Nicole Karlis
The Goldman Sachs logo appears on a smartphone screen (Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Wall Street bails on climate coalition

Matthew Rozsa
Female nutritionist discussing with her client about fruit portion in diet. (Getty Images/vgajic)

America needs a lifestyle revolution

Heidi Prather
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