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Elizabeth Hlavinka is a staff writer at Salon covering health and drugs. She specializes in exploring taboo topics and complex questions that help humans understand their place in the world.

Two friends chatting and looking at phone in a gym. (Anchiy / Getty Images)

“Bigorexia” can make a gym obsession harmful but often goes unrecognized

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People with symptoms of long Covid sit in the audience as they listen during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing titled "Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care" on Capitol Hill January 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on long Covid research and patient care. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump admin’s attacks on chronic disease research abandons long COVID and ME/CFS patients… Again

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Chatbot, artificial intelligence in medicine concept. (Moor Studio / Getty Images)

Some argue AI therapy can break down mental health stigma — others warn it could make it worse

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Macro eye close up. (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

“We were meant to be outdoor creatures”: Experts say screens are only part of poor vision epidemic

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LEWISVILLE, NC - March 11: Susan Stevens shows off a prescription for Suboxone her daughter Toria filled the day before she died at her home in Lewisville, NC, Monday, March 11, 2019. Stevens lost her 22-year-old daughter Toria to an opioid overdose last year after years of her daughter struggling with addiction following a violent sexual assault. (Photo by Eamon Queeney/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Cutting Medicaid could worsen overdose deaths — and erase recent progress in treating addiction

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An isolated person. (cokada / Getty Images)

Feel like nothing you do matters? It may be “learned helplessness”

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AI Neural Network processing data on digital screen. (Yaroslav Kushta / Getty Images)

Controversy erupts over claims Microsoft invented a new state of matter

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NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

NASA astronauts to return home after major delay. Their extended stay could have health consequences

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Megalodon from prehistoric times scene 3D illustration, though the ancient shark probably didn't look like this. (Warpaintcobra / Getty Images)

Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought

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A NHS vaccinator prepares to administer the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to a member of public at a vaccination centre in London. (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Experts raise “serious doubt” about COVID vaccine study claiming mRNA harms

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Abortion rights activists demonstrate in front of the National Assembly building in Quito on December 9, 2021. (RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)

What the UN’s ruling on abortion in Ecuador and Nicaragua means for the rest of the world

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In hand cigarette filled with cannabis (Getty Images/Anastassiya Bezhekeneva)

New research continues to link marijuana with schizophrenia. Experts say it’s not so simple

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A woman, who chose to remain anonymous, talks to Doctor Audrey (R) before recieving an abortion at a Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 14, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Infant deaths continue to rise as more abortion bans are put in place, studies find

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A demonstrator waves the intersex-inclusive Pride flag outside City Hall during the We The People March in protest of the hundreds of bills being introduced which are directed towards LGTBQ+ people, people of color and women on July 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

In a health care system bent on their erasure, intersex people continue fighting for recognition

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Fruits of an Iboga tree (STEEVE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)

A psychedelic plant from Africa holds promise for addiction and trauma — but it’s not for everyone

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Rescued chickens gather in an aviary at Farm Sanctuary’s Southern California Sanctuary on October 5, 2022 in Acton, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Your questions about bird flu answered by experts

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Donald Trump and the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO). (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Sitting ducks”: Trump’s withdrawal from the WHO could put the US at risk for deadly viral outbreaks

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Donald Trump and chickens confined to their hen house (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump administration’s communication freeze restricted access to critical bird flu information

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

RFK Jr.’s drug policy under Trump could worsen the overdose crisis, experts warn

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A duckling is vaccinated with Volvac vaccine against Influenza in a breeding in Renung, southwestern France, on July 1, 2024. (GAIZKA IROZ/AFP via Getty Images)

For the first time, H5N9 strain of bird flu detected in U.S. poultry

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A mobile home park is destroyed along Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

After a disaster, communities can be at risk for toxic exposures. Do residents know that?

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Therapy appointment with a teenage patient (Getty Images/fotostorm)

Addiction treatment often overlooks trauma. That’s a major hurdle in stopping the overdose crisis

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Person admiring the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) (Getty Images/Marco Bottigelli)

What makes the psychedelic experience so healing? It could be “awe”

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Blood sample positive with sexually transmitted diseases: HIV, HBV, HCV, Syphilis (Getty Images/jarun011)

“Glimmer of hope”: STI surge shows first signs of slowing in decades. What’s behind the trend?

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