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A healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to a patient for the prevention of mpox the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Mpox mutating to become more contagious

Nicole Karlis
Obstetrician and gynecologist Taylar Swartz uses an ultrasound scanner to check the health of Addie Comegys’ baby on May 30, 2024. (Tony Leys/KFF Health News)

Rural hospitals now face baby bust

Tony Leys - KFF Health News
Eggs in a carton (Getty Images/Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography)

Egg facility prompts bird flu emergency

Rae Hodge
Cows queuing for their midway milking at United Dreams Dairy, in North Freedom, Wisconsin on May 8, 2024. (Matthew Ludak for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Bird flu mutations spark concern

Nicole Karlis
Tampons (Megan Madden / Refinery29 for Getty Images)

Study: Tampons contain toxic metals

Rae Hodge
A man in the metro wears a medical mask for protection in Istanbul on February 3, 2024. (ILKER ERAY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Is the COVID summer wave here?

Troy Farah
Child Mind Institute Convenes Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on World Mental Health Day for Youth Panel on October 10, 2023 in New York City. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Gun violence "a public health crisis"

Rachana Pradhan, Fred Clasen-Kelly - KFF Health News
Bird Flu Infected Animals: Cow, Chicken, Cat and Mouse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The biggest mysteries about bird flu

Troy Farah, Nicole Karlis
A dengue fever patient walks inside the Sergio Bernales National Hospital in the outskirts of Lima on April 17, 2024. (Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP) (Photo by JUAN CARLOS CISNEROS/AFP via Getty Images)

Neglected tropical diseases need action

Mary Woolley
Manager of overdose prevention secures covers on returned full sharps containers at the 6th Street Harm Reduction Center operated by the SF AIDS Foundation in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, June 2, 2017. (Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Overdose crisis takes toll on responders

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Curious Holstein dairy cows feed on silage in a freestall barn at a dairy farm in San Joaquin Valley, California, USA. (Ed Young/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Are we "flying blind" with bird flu?

Nicole Karlis
The City of Flint Water Plant is illuminated by moonlight on January 23, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Ten years after Flint, distrust lingers

Anna Clark, Sarahbeth Maney - ProPublica
Dairy Cattle (Getty Images/Peter Cade)

We don't know how bad bird flu is yet

Nicole Karlis
A health worker injects a man with a shot of the Inavac vaccine for Covid-19 at the Jakarta provincial health office on December 19, 2023. (BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)

One-shot vaccine coming for COVID, flu

Nicole Karlis
A dose of measles vaccine is seen at the Miami Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The massive burden of a measles outbreak

Nicole Karlis
A cyclist stands on the beach near the U.S.-Mexico border barrier which extends into the Pacific Ocean on April 7, 2022 in Tijuana, Mexico. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Tijuana sewage causing health crisis

Matthew Rozsa
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at General Mitchell International Airport November 2, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's return comes with health risks

Chauncey DeVega
Bad psychedelic trip, concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The dangers of psychedelic trip killers

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Close-up of Ozempic needle injection pen (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"Faux-zempic" driving hospitalizations

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Tick Reaching For Human Leg (Getty Images/kmatija)

Desperate Lyme patients lack answers

Elizabeth Hlavinka
U. S. Senator Charles Schumer speaks while holding photo of bottle with drug Xylazine during the briefing at 875 3rd Avenue lobby in Manhattan on drug Xylazine linked to overdose deaths. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why banning this drug could backfire

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Young woman with high temperature and flu lying down on sofa (Getty Images/gpointstudio)

Are we getting more sick after COVID?

Nicole Karlis
Woman holding open prescription pill bottle (Getty Images/Catherine McQueen)

The rise of rogue online pharmacies

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Mosquito in old book with mosquito swatter and blood stain (Getty Images/Nikola Nastasic)

Mosquito-borne illness reaches U.S. soil

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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