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Nicole Karlis

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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.”

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

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ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 05: A podium with the logo for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the Tom Harkin Global Communications Center on October 5, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. The first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States was staying with family members at The Ivy Apartment complex before being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

CDC ordered to remove research papers that use the terms “LGBT,” “pregnant people” and more

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The Aedes mosquito is a known vector for several viruses, including West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus. (Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Scientists unlock how Zika virus hijacks our skin to be a “mosquito magnet”

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Sad woman with smart phone (Getty Images/D-Keine)

Apps can be weaponized to criminalize those seeking abortion care. Under Trump, it could get worse

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Donald Trump VS demonstrators rallying in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Complete chaos”: How Trump is already accelerating the reproductive rights crisis

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A view of the sign of Center for Disease Control headquarters is seen in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on August 06, 2022. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

As bird flu rises, federal health agencies are halting external communications. Are we flying blind?

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Trump signing an executive order over a crowd of protestors waving LGBTQ+ flags. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images)

How Trump’s anti-trans executive order “implicates” fetal personhood

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Donald Trump | World Health Organization sign (Salon/Getty Images)

Trump signs executive order for WHO exit

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Donald Trump and pro-choice protesters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How the Trump admin’s attacks on abortion could devastate health care access globally

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A home burns during the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025. (AGUSTIN PAULLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Why wildfire “season” may no longer be a thing

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Abortion-rights supporters face anti-abortion protesters at a rally for reproductive rights at the Texas Capitol on May 14, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)

People are fleeing abortion bans states: report

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Young female patient in the clinic suffering a coughing fit while the doctor listens to the her lungs with a stethoscope. (Getty Images/stefanamer)

Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here’s how to tell

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Man's hands in protective gloves searching bread on empty shelves in a groceries store (Getty Images/ArtMarie)

Fearing another pandemic, people are prepping for bird flu. Should you?

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A virologist at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts works in her lab, tracking the avian influenza virus. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Canadian teen with bird flu was on life support, new report reveals

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Cigarette Butt Stubbed Out (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

New study finds smoking shortens life expectancy by an average of 20 minutes per cigarette

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Pediatrician administers a vaccination to a small boy (Getty Images/Vadym Terelyuk)

Whooping cough cases surge across the US as vaccinations decline

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Milk samples are seen as HDC receiving staff prep them for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

“Concerning” bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1

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Demonstrators protest and argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court, March 26, 2024. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How the abortion rights landscape changed in 2024

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A cat sitting outside in San Bernardino County, California (Getty Images/kevin chen/500px)

LA County warns bird flu is killing cats as human cases top 65 nationwide

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