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Antibiotics are placed in petri dishes filled with bacteria. In the dish on the left the bacteria will not develop near the antibiotics. In the right petri dish, antibiotic resistant bacteria are growing. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

No Operation Warp Speed for antibiotics

Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
Abortion drug pills and drinking water (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

HHS issues warning to rebel pharmacists

Nicole Karlis
PCR tests inside vials awaiting testing inside an on-site laboratory for COVID-19 beside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on November 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

No, BA.5 isn't evading PCR tests

Nicole Karlis
TOLEDO, OHIO - AUGUST 4: Algae washes ashore from Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park August 4, 2014 in Oregon, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio area residents were once again able to drink tap water after a two day ban due to algae related toxins. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Toxic algae in the Great Lakes

Diana Kruzman - Grist
AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is displayed on a wall of guns during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

How deadly are AR-15 rifles?

Nicole Karlis
Brad Pitt poses at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images)

Pitt shares struggle with face blindness

Matthew Rozsa
Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Abortion providers' lives in peril now

Brandon Gage - Alternet
Young woman blurry reflection on the damaged mirror (Getty images/Rafael Elias)

"My face looked wrong": What BDD is like

Tammy Rabideau
Doctor writing notes on a clipboard in a modern hospital (Getty Images/shapecharge)

When rogue doctors spread misinfo

Edwin Nieblas-Bedolla
The Henry Ford II World Center, headquarters of the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

Ford faces land pollution lawsuit

Diana Kruzman - Grist
Prescription medication is strewn about, with pill bottles in the deep background. (Getty Images)

How drugs know where to go in the body

Tom Anchordoquy - The Conversation
3D rendered image, enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancer cells. (Getty Images/koto_feja)

"Curing" cancer is an outdated idea

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Body System concept (Getty Images/zf L)

Your immune system runs on a clock

Matthew Rozsa
High school student asleep in class (Getty Images/Image Source)

The teen sleep crisis

Gail Cornwall
Blue and Red Population concept (Getty Images/Constantine Johnny)

Mortality gap between red, blue counties

Eric Schank
Man clutching his chest from acute pain (Getty Images/Witthaya Prasongsin)

Yes, you can die of a "broken heart"

Nicole Karlis
Malaria vaccine (Getty Images/Hailshadow)

Why the malaria vaccine took 35 years

Pratik Pawar - Undark
Medical syringes are seen with 'Monkeypox' sign displayed on a screen in the backgound in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on May 26, 2022. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Who wants a monkeypox vaccine?

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/PeopleImages)

Inside the "ugly" produce industry

Kate Yoder - Grist
Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

When medical test costs suddenly change

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
A CVS pharmacist gives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at the Emerald Court senior living community in Anaheim, CA (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Long COVID signs overlooked in seniors

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
View of redwood trees from the forest floor (Getty Images/James Yu)

Tree planting helps the elderly

Julia Kane - Grist
Woman struggling to sleep at night (Getty Images/Motortion)

Warming temps are eroding our sleep

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Adult male patient describing a chest issue to his doctor (Getty Images/DjelicS)

Wait, men can lactate?

Matthew Rozsa
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