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attle in drylot at Threemile Canyon Farms in Oregon. (Photo CC-licensed by Friends of Family Farmers.)

Oregon paving the way for mega-dairies?

Lynne Terry - Civil Eats
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Do you "like" your health insurance?

Sanjeev Sriram - Independent Media Institute
FILE - In this March 15, 2017 file photo, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson approaches to participate in the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States, at Busan port in Busan, South Korea. (Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap via AP, File) (AP)

U.S. military is a climate offender

Kate Yoder - Grist
Cory Booker; Elizabeth Warren; Joe Biden; Kirsten Gillibrand; Bernie Sanders (AP/Getty/Salon)

Dem voters: health care is a top issue

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
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Time to phase out "climate change"?

Kate Yoder - Grist
Boaty McBoatface, a autonomous underwater vehicle (AUVs) used for scientific research (Getty/Matt Cardy)

Boaty McBoatface's big discovery

Nicole Karlis
In this image made from video, the sun sets near an industrial park next to the Florida Everglades, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (AP)

Climate change alters Everglades

William Nuttle - The Conversation
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2015 file photo President Barack Obama gets a tour Kotzebue, Alaska. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik,File) (AP)

Discussing Alaska's history of violence

Beena Raghavendran, Adriana Gallardo - ProPublica
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A volunteer of the NGO 'Canarias Libre de Plasticos' (Canary Islands free of plastics) carries out a collection of microplastics and mesoplastic debris to clean the Almaciga Beach, on the north coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife, on July 14, 2018. (Desiree Martin/Getty Images)

Nowhere is safe from plastic pollution

Rebecca Dzombak - Massive Science
FILE - In this April 23, 2014, file photo, Daryl Cura demonstrates an e-cigarette at Vape Store in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) (AP)

E-cig companies use cartoons in ads

Jon-Patrick Allem - The Conversation
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Who’s your daddy? Don’t ask a DNA test

Nara Milanich - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-87573p1.html'>Ivonne Wierink</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Antibiotics and factory farms

Christy Spees - Independent Media Institute
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Vintage cars line a property after the Loma fire burned through Loma Chiquita Road near Morgan Hill, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. A heat wave stifling drought-stricken California has worsened a wildfire that burned some buildings and forced people from their homes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (AP)

Fighting extreme heat

Justine Calma - Grist
A nurse prepares a flu shot. (AP/David Goldman)

Why the flu came twice this year

Patricia L. Foster - Massive Science
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Tech tools for mental health support

Christine Elgersma - Common Sense Media
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Involved dads are healthier and happier

Nikki Martyn - The Conversation
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People are being paid to get healthy

Marc Mitchell - The Conversation
A one dose bottle of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine, made by MERCK, is held up at the Salt Lake County Health Department on April 26, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Getty/George Frey)

How a measles outbreak is contained

Jenny Gold - KFF Health News
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Modern life: tooth decay and pricey care

Mary Otto - Independent Media Institute
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file photo, judges rate marijuana plants at the Oregon Cannabis Grower's Fair marijuana plant competition in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File) (AP)

Baby Boomers are taking up marijuana

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute
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Golf, pesticides and a father’s death

Lynne Peeples - FairWarning
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Could a vaccine prevent Alzheimer’s?

Nicole Karlis
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Politics and planetary destruction

David Bromwich
Anti-abortion demonstrators hold a protest outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Missouri, May 31, 2019. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

Why restricting abortions is unhealthy

Nicole Karlis
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