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A nurse prepares a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine for a patient at University Hospital Coventry on April 22, 2022 in Coventry, England. (Jacob King - WPA Pool / Getty Images)

Boosters can protect against XBB.1.5

Nicole Karlis
An NHS staff prepares to administer the Covid-19 vaccination booster jab during a press tour at a vaccination center (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A new COVID-19 booster each fall?

Nicole Karlis
Ocean Current (Getty Images)

Tracing the flow of "forever chemicals"

Marina Schauffler - Undark
Nervous young woman using smartphone (Getty Images/Jamie Grill)

Your phone is the next doctor’s office

Hannah Norman - KFF Health News
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Cigarette butts and an empty pack of Newports sit in an ashtray outside of the Hart Senate Office Building (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

GOP: Making smoking great again

Amanda Marcotte
Girl with measles on their body (Getty Images/StockPlanets)

How a measles outbreak happened in Ohio

Nicole Karlis
This photo shows a vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, Bivalent, at AltaMed Medical clinic in Los Angeles, California, on October 6, 2022. (RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)

Americans aren't getting COVID boosters

Jenna Clark
Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

California expands health safety net

Bernard J. Wolfson - KFF Health News
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People line up before a Covid-19 vaccination drive the Lynchburg fire Department is helping organize at an old TJ Maxx store in Lynchburg, Virginia on March 13, 2021. - The Lynchburg Fire department teamed up with the city government and private industry to help administer and distribute vaccines to the counties around. They also use outreach with community groups to attract county residents from the surrounding areas to the mass vaccination sites. The biggest challenge the department sees moving forward is getting the vaccine to people in the rural areas. Health workers in the United States have administered more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, an official tracker showed Friday, March 12, around 30 percent of the world's total of shots in arms so far. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Health agencies try to restore trust

Lauren Sausser - KFF Health News
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How toilets spew invisible aerosols

John Crimaldi - The Conversation
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Public transit recovering from pandemic

Kari Edison Watkins - The Conversation
New Twitter owner Elon Musk is seen surrounded by Twitter logos (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Twitter's threat to public health

Anjana Susarla - The Conversation
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Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Impact (Getty Images/Peter Zelei Images)

2022: The year the pandemic dragged on

Matthew Rozsa
Stray Cats On The Street (Getty Images / James Lumibao / EyeEm)

Experts: Catch-and-release is cruel

Matthew Rozsa
Blood samples and test results in a clinical medical laboratory (Getty Images/solarseven)

HIV outbreak in West Virginia

Taylor Sisk - KFF Health News
MRSA super bug colonies on blood agar plate. (Getty Images/Rodolfo Parulan Jr)

The legislative fight against superbugs

Liz Szabo, Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
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A chemical plant of TPC Group is shrouded by smoke in Port Neches, about 150 km east of downtown Houston, Texas on Nov. 27, 2019. (Steven Song/Xinhua via Getty)

Houston's chemical contamination

David Leffler - Grist
Supporters wait for the arrival of former U.S. President Donald Trump during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trumpism: A symptom, not a cause

Chauncey DeVega
A registered nurse with The Los Angeles Department of Public Health, administers a COVID booster at a vaccination clinic (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Are vaccine side effects overblown?

Matthew Rozsa
Classroom in Highschool (Getty Images/John Coletti)

Montana's sex ed law proves too broad

Carly Graf - KFF Health News
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A new use for dating apps: Chasing STDs

Darius Tahir - KFF Health News
Doctor Walking In Hospital Corridor (Getty Images / Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm)

Private equity's takeover of healthcare

Fred Schulte - KFF Health News
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The cost of public clinic malpractice

Phil Galewitz, Bram Sable-Smith - KFF Health News
Anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers gathered at Indiana University's Sample Gates to protest against mandatory Covid vaccinations IU is requiring for students, staff and faculty during the upcoming fall semester. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The COVID death "gap" between US states

Matthew Rozsa
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