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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
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
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
Colorful market in the seaside town of Trogir, outside of Split, Croatia (Getty Images/Michele Westmorland)

What is the FIM movement?

Cinnamon Janzer - FoodPrint
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
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
Female nutritionist discussing with her client about fruit portion in diet. (Getty Images/vgajic)

America needs a lifestyle revolution

Heidi Prather
ITHACA, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: HDC receiving staff prep arriving milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

First U.S. death from bird flu reported

Troy Farah
A virologist at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts works in her lab, tracking the avian influenza virus. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

A teen fought for her life with bird flu

Nicole Karlis
Used surgical mask thrown on the sand of a beach (Getty Images/nito100)

Lessons from infecting people with COVID

Claudia Lopez Lloreda - Undark
Cigarette Butt Stubbed Out (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Smoking takes 20 minutes off life

Nicole Karlis
Hands holding microplastics on the beach (Getty Images/doble-d)

Microplastics linked to organ lesions

Matthew Rozsa
Pediatrician administers a vaccination to a small boy (Getty Images/Vadym Terelyuk)

Whooping cough surges in US

Nicole Karlis
Milk samples are seen as HDC receiving staff prep them for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Those "concerning" bird flu mutations

Nicole Karlis
Point of view from shopping cart (Getty Images/Yasser Chalid)

How to prioritize healthy groceries

Christopher Damman - The Conversation
Demonstrators protest and argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court, March 26, 2024. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How abortion rights landscape changed

Nicole Karlis
Spectators look at the National AIDS Memorial Quilt on the Mall October 12, 1996 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Liaison)

LGBTQ+ people relive old traumas

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
A cat sitting outside in San Bernardino County, California (Getty Images/kevin chen/500px)

Bird flu is killing cats: report

Nicole Karlis
Livestock outside of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA. (Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How America lost control of bird flu

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
A woman washes utensils at a water supply station on the World Water Day in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on March 22, 2023. (Faisal Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Obscure law boosts humanitarian aid

Ashok Gadgil
Apple smartwatches kept at display at the new Apple Inc. store in New Delhi, India on April 20, 2023. (Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Forever chemicals in smart watch bands

Matthew Rozsa
Espresso coffee cup on vintage table and assortment of grinded and roasted coffee beans (Getty Images/apomares)

Is caffeine actually harmless?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Doctor examining boy with stethoscope (Getty Images/Andersen Ross)

Black long COVID patients ignored

Janelle R. Goodwill, Tiwaloluwa Ajibewa - The Conversation
A woman taking medicine in her room at home (Getty Images/Kayoko Hayashi)

Is zinc a placebo for colds?

Nicole Karlis
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