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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 upcoming book “Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community During Times of Crisis.”

Police | Narcan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Drug overdoses seem to spike in spite of police seizures: Study

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Great White Shark (Getty Images/Stephen Frink)

Californian swimmers are frequently amongst great white sharks, drone research reveals

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Wild saltwater crocodile babies rest on the head of their mother (Then Chih Wey/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Why a crocodile’s ‘virgin’ birth isn’t a miracle

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Little girl holding smartphone (Getty Images/Marizza)

The tricky timing of a child’s first smartphone

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Close-up of Syringes in a row (Getty Images)

A new round of anti-vax misinformation could ruin an otherwise calmer RSV season

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Vaccines in an upward line graph (Getty Images/Andriy Onufriyenko)

Is the COVID-19 vaccine ready to move on from the original strain?

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Person scratching their arm and wrist (Getty Images/Ake Ngiamsanguan)

The eczema boom: Air pollution may be to blame

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Killer Whale near a boat (Getty Images/Chase Dekker Wild-Life Images)

The killer orcas aren’t winning. They could be self-sabotaging

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Upset mother and empty crib (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Study points to brain abnormality that may explain sudden infant death syndrome

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LP 791-18 d, shown here in an artist's concept, is an Earth-size world about 90 light-years away. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KRBwyle))

New exoplanet research indicates how volcanoes could generate alien life on other worlds

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Used face masks and sterile gloves in the bin (Getty Images/ADELART)

Healthcare workers are divided over whether unmasking in medical settings has merit

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Person talking to ChatGPT (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/ChatGPT)

Tech wants AI chatbots to help ease loneliness. Experts are skeptical

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Young woman looking at products in a pharmacy (Getty Images/PeopleImages)

FDA could approve over-the-counter birth control this summer

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PCR testing site for COVID-19 variants at a new test facility at Tom Bradley International Terminal (Terminal B) that health officials hope will help them spot new variants that may emerge from passengers arriving from other countries at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The CDC will no longer track COVID-19 cases. Is that a mistake?

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Jumping humpback whale (Getty Images/Mi. Sha)

No, whales aren’t dying from wind turbines — despite what the right wants you to believe

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A Covid-19 testing tent sits along a Manhattan street on March 09, 2023 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Why the US is trapped in an unending state of post-COVID “recovery”

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Baby Sleep Influencing (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The online baby sleep boom

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Doctor helping patient use their inhaler (Getty Images/Terry Vine)

From celiac to asthma to eczema, how did autoimmune diseases become so common?

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This image of the dusty debris disk surrounding the young star Fomalhaut is from Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). (NASA / ESA / CSA / András Gáspár (University of Arizona) / Alyssa Pagan (STScI))

The James Webb Telescope eyes a new asteroid belt — in another star’s solar system

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Woman making video about newborn baby handling (Getty Images/vladans)

What the popularity of “momfluencers” says about our isolated society

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Plastic particles on finger tip (JOKER / Alexander Stein/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Even BPA-free plastic particles can mess with your sex hormones, study finds

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Spring blossom pollen (Getty Images/mammuth)

Are your allergies worse than usual? You’re not alone

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Anti-Covid dogs in the room where they smell the swabs trained by professionals in the fields of safety & security to recognise the presence of Covid-19 in the sweat of patients at the Drive-in Campus test at the Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, on March 29, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

COVID pawsitive: A pilot study successfully used dogs to sniff out COVID-19 in schoolchildren

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Sad woman lying on sofa at home (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

Experts say loneliness isn’t just a social problem — it’s bad for your health, too

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