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Gun On A Table (Getty Images/Edward Olive/EyeEm)

Is gun ownership among Black Americans driving up suicide rates?

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Climate activists from 'Fridays for Future' take part in a protest against the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 30, 2021 between the Pyramid of Cestius and Circo Massimo in Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

As climate worsens, environmentalists grapple with the mental toll of activism

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Donald Trump | Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump administration’s sudden shift on COVID data leaves states in the lurch

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Ford Inbody (right) and his wife Cortney (left) now live with his grandmother outside Kansas City, so they can save money for the day when Ford's Parkinson's disease will likely force him to stop working. (Alex Smith/KCUR)

Sick in Trump’s era: A young man with Parkinson’s frets over the affordability of GOP’s health plan

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