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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)

First severe bird flu case in Louisiana

Elizabeth Hlavinka
At a mobile clinic set up for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the front lines in 2022, a woman receives medical attention from a Doctors Without Borders physician. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Caring for patients from conflict zones

Arjun V.K. Sharma - Undark
A vet takes a sample from the mouth of a swan during an animal disease exercise. (Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Bird flu could mutate to become worse

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Dead body covered in sheet in hospital (Getty Images/MediaProduction)

Grief-stricken parents lack answers

Audrey Dutton - ProPublica
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A microbiologist tests poultry samples collected from a farm located in a control area for the presence of avian influenza, or bird flu, at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on March 24, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Mysterious bird flu cases worry experts

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Woman Holding Birth Control Pills (Getty Images/Laura Olivas)

TikTok promotes birth control misinfo

Elizabeth Hlavinka
White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha gestures as he speaks at a daily press conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Pandemic lessons for Biden’s COVID czar

Sara Talpos - Undark
Doctor holding a test blood sample tube positive with Bird Flu test (Getty Images/SyhinStas)

Bird flu suspected in California child

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displaced community members arrive at a health center in Kishinji, located in the South Kivu province. (Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images)

Frontline mpox responders need support

Ben Smilowitz, Ankush Bansal - Undark
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's risky Social Security plans

Matthew Rozsa
Injections for Comirnaty Pfizer vaccine for COVID and the Fluzone H,D. for influenza are ready to be given to a patient at the Walgreens pharmacy in Torrance on September 5, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Idaho health department bans vaccines

Nicole Karlis
Palestinian paramedic Maha Wafi, 43, walks past destroyed ambulance vehicles in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 15, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaza outcry is ignored, doctors say

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the FDA Food And Drug Administration headquarters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK's war on public health under Trump

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Dr. Gaurav Shinde gives a patient her vaccinations for COVID and her flu shot at the Walgreens pharmacy in Torrance, California on September 5, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Third of Americans distrust COVID shots

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Globe on a stethoscope (Getty Images/Sorapop)

Improve global health by listening

Kinari Webb, Garry Aslanyan - Undark
President Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Don't forget how Trump botched COVID

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Pigs wait for food at the Burger's Farm Market in Drums, Pennsylvania. (Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Bird flu detected in pigs for first time

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A view of burned and destroyed Al-Shifa Hospital due to the Israeli attacks that continue in Gaza City, Gaza on April 1, 2024. (Abdulqader Sabbah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Gaza's collapsing public health system

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Boston, MA - May 7: Nichola Hill, an assistant professor at University of Massachusetts Boston. She studies infectious diseases, including bird flu. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Struggle to track human bird flu cases

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
Citizens queue for food that is cooked in large pots and distributed for free during war-time on December 28, 2023 in Rafah, Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

War’s public health impacts are vast

Jyoti Madhusoodanan - Undark
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Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s "healthy" plan could backfire

Elizabeth Hlavinka
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a roundtable conversation about marijuana reform and criminal justice reform, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. (KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris pledges to legalize marijuana

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Workers perform milking operations in the interior of a dairy parlor at a large California dairy/San Joaquin Valley, California, USA. (Ed Young/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

More suspected human bird flu cases

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Check up visit in doctor's office (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

Why our definition of obesity is flawed

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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