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A Congolese Army soldier holds a baby chimpanzee while manning a checkpoint in the entrance to the provincial capital of Goma, Congo on November 6, 2008. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)

What the chimp "civil war" says about us

Troy Farah
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a hearing of the House Education And Workforce Committee on Capitol Hill on April 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s medical racism resurfaces

Garrett Owen
Donald Trump listens to other speakers after delivering remarks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump outlined plans to expand in vitro fertilization access by encouraging workplace benefits to include access to IVF and infertility coverage. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump isn't helping America's fertility

Nicole Karlis
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy helicopter on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown. (NASA / Bill Ingalls)

Back from the moon: Artemis crew is home

CK Smith
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A fact sheet for measles sits on a table at a mobile clinic offering free vaccinations on February 6, 2026 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The clinic offered free MMR vaccinations as the South Carolina Department of Health reported 876 cases of measles earlier in the week, most centered in Spartanburg County. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Measles outbreaks are here to stay

Nicole Karlis
Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. (Image Credit: NASA)

It's OK to love the moon mission

Troy Farah
Elon Musk on stage before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on Sunday, October 27, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Should we give Musk control of the sun?

Troy Farah
Hand holding scoop of powdered baby formula. (Benjamin Clapp / Getty Images)

A toxic baby formula dilemma in Florida

Nicole Karlis
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Donald Trump | Birth Control Blister Packs (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Misinfo at Trump’s women’s health summit

Amanda Seitz - KFF Health News
A dark smoke cloud engulfs destroyed vehicles near an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on March 8, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is weaponizing climate change

Troy Farah
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and COVID-19 vaccine adviser Retsef Levi (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lane Turner / Boston Globe / Taylor Hill / WireImage)

RFK Jr.’s vaccine adviser under scrutiny

Jelinda Montes
Mother-to-be (d3sign via Getty Images)

Trump's pro-birth agenda failing moms

Nicole Karlis
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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Kevin Dietsch / Peter Stark)

RFK Jr's risky attacks on HPV vaccines

Nicole Karlis
A vial of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccination for children is displayed during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in Los Angeles, California, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

S.C. measles outbreak breaks record

Jelinda Montes
The weekend-long winter storm is set to upset travel and daily life nationwide, including canceled flights, feet of snowfall and frigid temperatures. (Brett Carlsen / Getty Images)

Millions brace for snow, bitter cold

CK Smith
Donald Trump. Pro-choice protesters. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s new foreign aid ban

Nicole Karlis
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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Javier Zayas Photography / Pakin Songmor)

Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD?

Nicole Karlis
Cheers! But in moderation, according to recently released HHS dietary guidelines. But what counts as "moderation"? (Maria Korneeva)

RFK Jr. encourages “moderate drinking”

CK Smith
OxyContin pill bottles scattered in front of protestors of the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The overdose crisis is turning around

Libby Jones
Social and political issue of healthcare and medicine changes and reform in USA politics and policies, symbolized by a close-up of a stethoscope resting on a the cloth fabric of the United States flag.

Reinventing public health under Trump

Nicole Karlis
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Measles outbreaks continue nationwide as more people grow cautious of childhood vaccination schedules, taking the lead set by anti-vax officials like HHS Secretary Kennedy. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Anti-vaccine rhetoric fuels measles rise

CK Smith
ATLANTA,GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 29: A Hepatitis B vaccine in Atlanta, Georgia, September 29, 2023. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Vaccine guideline changes stir confusion

Nicole Karlis
90-year-old English legend Dame Judi Dench shared that her eyesight is almost completely gone due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). (Karwai Tang / Getty Images)

Judi Dench on her AMD vision loss

CK Smith
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Kevin Dietsch / Peter Stark)

Why RFK Jr.'s individualism is dangerous

Troy Farah
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