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Jodi Bobbitt is the only school nurse at William Ramsay Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia. In a previous school nursing job, she split her time between two school buildings — some years three. Now she has only one campus to care for. (Photo courtesy of Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News)

A third of schools don’t have a nurse

Colleen DeGuzman - KFF Health News
A pregnant woman in the foreground as the unrecognizable doctor shows her an ultrasound (Getty Images/SDI Productions)

Allow midwives to save lives in Alabama

Stephanie Mitchell, Avital Norman Nathman
Happy mother and son holding hands and talking while taking a walk on the beach (Getty Images/skynesher)

What kids teach us about gender

Schuyler Bailar
Almonds (Getty Images/BURCU ATALAY TANKUT)

The importance of nuts in your diet

Boris Hansel, Diana Kadouch, Jérémy Puyraimond-Zemmour - The Conversation
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Hands holding scoop of whey protein and shaker (Getty Images/Djavan Rodriguez)

Can you actually eat too much protein?

Michael La Corte
Man ill with flu in office (Getty Images/Harbucks)

Where California is "behind the curve"

Mark Kreidler - Capital & Main
Woman with stomach pain (Getty Images/martin-dm)

Rare Ozempic side effects emerging

Matthew Rozsa
Groceries in the back of a car (Getty Images/Paul Taylor)

7 surprising ultra-processed foods

Michael La Corte
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A nurse prepares an injection of the Moderna dose vaccine on 26 September, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. (Alejandro Martinez Velez/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Flu-COVID combo vaccines on the horizon

Troy Farah
Kaiser Permanente employees, joined by Union members representing the workers, walk the picket line in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2023. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Kaiser health care workers on strike

Michael McQuarrie - The Conversation
Surgeon wearing a medical mask (Getty Images/pipat wongsawang)

Should hospitals be bringing back masks?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Medical syringe and vaccine with cash (Getty Images/Yulia Naumenko)

Big Pharma slowed vaccine development

Anna Maria Barry-Jester - ProPublica
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Sophie Wilde in "Everything Now" (Netflix / Left Bank)

Everything Now strikes the right balance

Su Holmes - The Conversation
Portrait of a young woman, with the shadow of a rose (Getty Images/Westend61)

The study of smell loss still struggles

Hannah Docter-Loeb - Undark
Plastic cutlery (Getty Images/Westend61)

Single use plastic banned in the UK

Antaya March, Cressida Bowyer, Keiron Roberts - The Conversation
A young woman holding a pregnancy test (Getty Images/Ekaterina Goncharova)

Drop in teen births is slowing

Catherine Sweeney - KFF Health News
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Senior Japanese man on tropical beach, Ikema Island of Miyako Islands, Okinawa, Japan (Getty Images/Ippei Naoi)

Are blue zones real or a health grift?

Philip Finkelstein
Senior man doing a jigsaw puzzle (Getty Images/LightFieldStudios)

What biomarkers say about Alzheimer's

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Catering Buffet Trays (Getty Images/PaulGulea)

This is how a microbiologist eats

Primrose Freestone - The Conversation
Kim Nguyen, pharmacist, prepares to give a Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine at CVS, 12550 Louetta Rd., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Cypress, Texas. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Hiccups reported in COVID vax rollout

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Nurse standing by elderly woman sitting on wheelchair (Getty Images/Morsa Images)

Nursing homes still waiting for vaccines

Jordan Rau, Tony Leys - KFF Health News
Grilled Vegetables (Getty Images / Matt Rickard / EyeEm)

TikTok's latest health trend: carrots?

Lauren Ball, Emily Burch - The Conversation
Young woman holding birth control pills blister pack (Getty Images/Dimitri Otis)

The first OTC birth control is coming

Carmela Zuniga, Katherine Key
Front view of fish oil capsules spilling out from a bottle surrounded by an assortment of food rich in omega-3 such as salmon, flax seeds, broccoli, sardines, spinach, olives and olive oil. (carlosgaw / Getty Images)

The skinny on fish oil supplements

Evangeline Mantzioris - The Conversation
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