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COVID scams are flourishing

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
Wombat (Getty Images)

The mystery of the wombat's cubes

Matthew Rozsa
Gas prices over $3.00 are displayed at an Arco gas station (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Phasing out fossil fuels

Greta Moran - The Conversation
A protester holds an anti-vaccination sign as supporters of President Donald Trump rally to reopen California as the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, on May 16, 2020 in Woodland Hills, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Why is science so polarizing?

Kate Yoder - Grist
Donald Trump (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

How masculinity explains Trump

Matthew Rozsa
Patients wait and are observed for an adverse reactions following their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Amazon Meeting Center in downtown Seattle, Washington on January 24, 2021. - Amazon is partnering with Virginia Mason for a one-day pop-up clinic on January 24. 2021 that aims to vaccinate 2,000 people at the companys Meeting Center near downtown Seattle. Virginia Mason is handling vaccine administration, while Amazon is providing the location and help with logistics. (GRANT HINDSLEY/AFP via Getty Images)

The COVID vaccine's uneven distribution

Nicole Karlis
Pregnant Woman Receiving Coronavirus Vaccine Injection (Getty Images)

Pregnant women advised against COVID vax

Matthew Rozsa
Gavin Newsom (GettyKevork Djansezian)

Hospital lobbyist cements influence

Samantha Young - KFF Health News
Teenage Climate Crisis activists from various climate activism groups protesting. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images)

Should U.S. declare a climate emergency?

Shannon Osaka - Grist
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden pushes new climate change agenda

Matthew Rozsa
N95 and KN95 Face Masks (Getty Images)

How KN95, N95 and KN94 masks differ

Nicole Karlis
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Grading Biden's first week: A for COVID

Matthew Rozsa
Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, puts on a protective mask during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on January 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Buttigieg, is pledging to carry out the administration’s ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, calling it a “generational opportunity” to create new jobs, fight economic inequality and stem climate change. (Stefani Reynolds - Pool/Getty Images)

The case for wearing two masks

Nicole Karlis
This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. (ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org)

These dancing planets are in resonance

Matthew Rozsa
Clinical support technician Douglas Condie extracts viruses from swab samples so that the genetic structure of a virus can be analysed and identified in the coronavirus testing laboratory at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on February 19, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Are virus mutations ominous as we fear?

Matthew Rozsa
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Toxic substance or water supply?

Erin Douglas - The Texas Tribune
A protester holds an anti-vaccination sign as supporters of President Donald Trump rally to reopen California as the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, on May 16, 2020 in Woodland Hills, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Anti-vaxxers exploit COVID deaths

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
Distressed doctor wearing protective suit to fight coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

The SoCal COVID strain: what to know

Nicole Karlis
Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

In L.A., Black, Latino COVID cases surge

Mark Kreidler - Capital & Main
Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/The White House/Joe Biden Official Campaign)

Trump vaccine plan nonexistent

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he prepares to give the National Thanksgiving Turkey a presidential pardon during the traditional event in the Rose Garden of the White House November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump pardoned Medicare fraudsters

Fred Schulte - KFF Health News
Trump supporters near the U.S Capitol, on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Capitol riot shatter public land myth

Eve Andrews - Grist
Katalin Kariko and Pardi-Norbert, 2012 (Photo provided by Katalin Kariko)

The biochemist who saved the world

Matthew Rozsa
Waterdrop on a green blade of grass reflecting our earth. (Getty Images)

Why a Green New Deal is still unlikely

Zoya Teirstein, Shannon Osaka - Grist
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