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Nicole Karlis is an award-winning staff writer at Salon, specializing in health and science. She is also the author of the book “Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community During Times of Crisis.”

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USAID flag seen February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

One year later, how Trump’s USAID cuts are affecting the world

Nicole Karlis
People attend a candlelight vigil organized by healthcare workers at the site where Alex Pretti was killed on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The vigil was held to remember the lives of Pretti and Renee Good a 37-year-old mother of three children who was killed by ICE agents on January 7. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The momfluencers on the front lines of ICE takeover

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Protesters hold a vigil over the spot where federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, United States, on January 24, 2026. (Photo by Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu via Getty Images)

How Minnesota nice became Minnesota strong

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Donald Trump. Pro-choice protesters. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s new foreign aid ban expands his “cruel” agenda on the world

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Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD?

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CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 15: A child receives a standard immunization at Doctor Gary M. Kramer, MD, PA's Pediatric office on September 15, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida. The Florida Department of Health recently released information on the development of rulemaking to revise immunization and document requirements for school entry. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The U.S. models vaccine guidance after Denmark — but forgets the social safety net

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Boy get cold and blow her nose at home. (Vera Livchak / Getty Images)

We’re living through the worst flu season in decades — and it hasn’t yet peaked

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Social and political issue of healthcare and medicine changes and reform in USA politics and policies, symbolized by a close-up of a stethoscope resting on a the cloth fabric of the United States flag.

As federal public health collapses under Trump, states are improvising

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ATLANTA,GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 29: A Hepatitis B vaccine in Atlanta, Georgia, September 29, 2023. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hepatitis B vaccine delay leaves parents confused

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s vaccine overhaul puts pregnant women and children at risk

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy is testifying for a second day following a tense three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee where he clashed with Democrats over his stance on vaccines and abortion rights. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK is in charge of flu season — and trouble may be ahead

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Health care costs are skyrocketing. Americans are starting to panic

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Federal agents stand guard as they are confronted by residents on November 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

ICE arrest at Chicago day care was “beyond traumatic”

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Parenting in America is hard. Italy showed me another way

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How a loss of public benefits harms democracy

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Maureen Maples with friends at Burning Man 2025. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle / Photos Courtesy of Maureen Maples)

“It could have killed us”: Inside the Burning Man art collapse that injured two people

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Vadim Kruglov in Times Square. At left, an aerial view of Black Rock City, the temporary desert site of Burning Man. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Maxar / Courtesy Kruglov Family)

He went to Burning Man chasing a dream — it ended in mystery

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Signage for the US government's humanitarian agency USAID is seen on a cargo container beside a tricycle in Manila on February 4, 2025. (JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump wants to torch contraception for poor women. So far, Belgium says no

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In this photo illustration, a woman browses Reddit website on her laptop. (Photo Illustration by Serene Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The online space for “recovered doomers”

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A mother places her sleeping newborn in the crib (Getty / SolStock)

ChatGPT is the new baby sleep coach

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Tents between puddles and mud on the grounds of the "Burning Man" festival. Tens of thousands of visitors to the desert festival "Burning Man" are stranded on the site in the US state of Nevada after heavy rainfall over the weekend. September 2023. (David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Burning Man homicide victim died of “single stab wound”

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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)

In Florida, there are still doctors who believe in vaccines

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Attendees gather during the annual Burning Man Festival in the early morning of September 5, 2023. ( JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images)

Sheriff faces “difficult” investigation after man found dead in pool of blood at Burning Man

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Volunteers offering food to help the homeless. (kuarmungadd / Getty Images)

Altruism is actually a fantastic survival strategy

Nicole Karlis
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