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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.

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

Possible bird flu infection reported in California child, health department reports

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A chair is seen in a therapy room at Field Trip, a psychedelic therapy clinic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 28, 2020. - Patients sit in the sensory controlled environment while on their ketamine trip. (COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Ketamine’s risks are under scrutiny as experts warn a crackdown could worsen access

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Supporters embrace following US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Experts say Trump is a threat to trans health. His next term is already alarming the queer community

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Tests strips, used to detect the presence of fentanyl and xylazine in different kinds of drugs, such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, lay next to a bag of heroin at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on May 25, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

CDC: Overdose deaths set to dip below 100,000 for the first time since 2020

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Children watch as demonstrators protest bills HB 1686 and SB 14 during a 'Fight For Our Lives' rally at the Texas State Capitol on March 27, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Experts warn of “chilling” effect of Texas attorney general suing doctors over gender-affirming care

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Woman lighting a marijuana joint (Getty Images/Jamie Grill)

Pregnant people are targeted for marijuana — but harms from prohibition can be worse

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

“Pack your bags” RFK Jr. tells FDA. His war on public health under Trump would only accelerate

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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)

One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds

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Hemp leaf on an American flag (Getty Images/Dmitriy83)

Florida, Dakotas rejects marijuana legalization measure, Massachussetts rejects psychedelic reform

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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)

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it’s crucial we remember

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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 as confirmed human cases double in two weeks

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

Unclaimed dead bodies are often “donated” to science — but it’s not always consensual

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Man speaking with doctor about concerns (Getty Images/Korrawin)

Penile fillers are on the rise. But is enhancing one’s manhood like this safe?

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Menstrual cup (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

No, your menstrual cup is probably not causing prolapse

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Empty NICU (Getty Images/JazzIRT)

Infant deaths rose nationwide following overturn of Roe v. Wade, study finds

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

Trump and RFK Jr. unite to “Make America Healthy Again” by threatening to dismantle public health

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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 federally legalize marijuana to bolster Black communities. Will it work?

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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)

California becomes epicenter of bird flu crisis as more human cases reported

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

Is obesity a disease? Some experts say no, urging doctors to rethink this condition

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Senior male track athletes running sprint on track during race (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Age limit: Have we hit a ceiling for longevity? Not so fast, some experts say

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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)

As California bird flu outbreak worsens, a Missouri patient who caught it is alarming experts

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A staff member packs overdose prevention kits, including Narcan nasal spray used to treat narcotic overdoses in an emergency situation, at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on April 24, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Drug overdose deaths may be decreasing — but not for everyone

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Pro-abortion rights activists demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

New report shows more than 200 pregnant people have faced criminal charges since Dobbs decision

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Angolan health workers treat, 05 April 2005, a 22-year-old woman, a new suspected case of the Marburg haemorrhagic fever in a clinic in Cacuaco township, outside Luanda, where the Ebola-like virus s killed at least 155 people. (FLORENCE PANOUSSIAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Rwanda reports dozens of Marburg virus cases, with 11 dead, alarming public health officials

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