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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.”

Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

The FDA quietly expanded access to medication abortion pills. Here’s what the change will do

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The waiting room at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services is empty as just an hour prior the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade shutting down abortion services at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services on June 24, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Restricting abortion may lead to increased suicide rate among young women, study finds

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Man Forced To Smile (Getty Images/ferrantraite)

The “Good Vibes Only” hashtag must die: Why toxic positivity is slowly killing us

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Stressed exhausted mother (Getty Images/Halfpoint Images)

Is this the worst time in American history to be a mom?

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Cannabis plant (Getty Images)

Yes, marijuana can be addictive — but it’s not like other addictive drugs. Here’s why

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Surgical face mask with "BA.5" written on it, referring to the BA.5 variant of COVID-19 (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Why BA.5 became the dominant COVID variant

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Royce Hall on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as UCLA lecturers and students walk by (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

As students return to school, fears of monkeypox transmission linger

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A doctor with the Saxony-Anhalt Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, takes a swab from a patient at the fever outpatient clinic in Halle/Saale. (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

How many times can you get reinfected with COVID? Here’s what experts say

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Earth viewed from Space (Getty Images/Jaiphet Seehawong)

Earth is spinning faster than it should be and no one is sure why

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Abortion drug pills and drinking water (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Abortion pill “reversals” are “unscientific.” Anti-choice groups are hawking them anyway

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Empty ampoules containing Bavarian Nordic's monkeypox vaccine (Imvanex / Jynneos) stand in a box on a table at Klinikum rechts der Isar. (Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Is monkeypox officially a pandemic? Here’s what experts say

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Pfizer's Paxlovid is displayed on July 07, 2022 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

COVID-positive Biden experiences a Paxlovid “rebound.” Doctors still aren’t sure why they happen

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Young girl holding a menstrual pad and clutching her abdomen in pain from cramps (Getty Images/Satjawat Boontanataweepol)

Girls are reaching puberty earlier and earlier. No one is sure why

Nicole Karlis
Supporters of President Donald Trump hold up their phones with messages referring to the QAnon conspiracy theory at a campaign rally at Las Vegas Convention Center on February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A stronger social safety net could reduce the number of conspiracy theorists, researchers say

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U.S. President Joe Biden covers his mouth as he coughs while remotely attending a meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on July 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Joe Biden is working remotely while he has COVID-19. Experts say you probably shouldn’t do that

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Heatwave hot sun (Getty Images/chuchart duangdaw)

How extreme heat increases your risk of death, no matter where you are

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A couple taking a selfie with their dogs (Getty Images/Thanasis Zovoilis)

Dog parent–shaming is the new mom-shaming: Why the internet is furious over your pet-rearing skills

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A nurse gives a little girl a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while her brother covers his eyes at a vaccination site for 5-11 year-olds at Eastmonte Park. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why are fewer children around the world getting vaccinated?

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Man takes a PCR swab test at Gatwick Airport on November 27, 2020 in London, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Experts still torn on whether you should swab your throat when taking COVID tests

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A woman receives her Covid-19 vaccination booster jab at the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health & Wellbeing Centre on November 10, 2021 in the Stratford area of London, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The latest COVID conspiracy claims multiple booster shots wreck your immune system

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Abortion drug pills and drinking water (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Federal government warns rebel pharmacists who refuse to fill abortion pill prescriptions

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PCR tests inside vials awaiting testing inside an on-site laboratory for COVID-19 beside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on November 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

No, “stealth omicron” isn’t evading PCR tests. Here’s what’s really going on

Nicole Karlis
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the distinct signature of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere surrounding a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star on July 12, 2022 in space. The observation, which reveals the presence of specific gas molecules based on tiny decreases in the brightness of precise colors of light, is the most detailed of its kind to date, demonstrating Webb's unprecedented ability to analyze atmospheres hundreds of light-years away. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)

The James Webb Telescope has already found previously-undetected water on a distant planet

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AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is displayed on a wall of guns during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

A surgeon explains why AR-15-style rifles are so deadly

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