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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.”

White Italian Greyhound puppy posing in front of a large mirror (Getty Images/Melissa Ross)

Can any animal recognize its reflection? New studies shake up old ideas

Nicole Karlis
Patients gather in the counseling area at one of the last remaining abortion providers in the South, at the Jackson Women's Health Organization also known as The Pink House in Jackson, MS on June 7, 2022. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Post-Roe, waiting periods for abortions will be even more dangerous

Nicole Karlis
An NHS staff prepares to administer the Covid-19 vaccination booster jab during a press tour at a vaccination center (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Omicron-targeted boosters could be here by fall. Here’s what we know

Nicole Karlis
Fireworks in the shape of smiling faces are sent during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 9, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

We asked experts how they make fireworks that explode into shapes

Nicole Karlis
Doctor examining belly of expectant mother in hospital room (Getty Images/staticnak1983)

In some states, women will be forced to carry pregnancies with lethal fetal anomalies

Nicole Karlis
Mom breastfeeding a baby (Getty Images/istetiana)

Parents react to updated AAP guidelines on breastfeeding

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IUD (Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

Birth control access could be next for SCOTUS to roll back: “There’s no doubt Griswold is at risk”

Nicole Karlis
A protester holds a placard saying, "Vaginas are more regulated than guns, maybe my vagina should start shooting bullets," during a Women's March to demand safe and legal access to abortion. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Pregnant people are scrambling to reschedule abortions cancelled in trigger law states

Nicole Karlis
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

How to access abortion in a post-Roe world

Nicole Karlis
Two young women show tampons they made out of menstrual pads similar to those they would make while incarcerated at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center in Winchester, VA, from their temporary home at Friends of Guest House, a residential re-entry program for female non-violent offenders, in Alexandria, VA, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Allison Shelley/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Is it safe to use homemade tampons?

Nicole Karlis
A person holds the drug Paxlovid against Covid-19 from the manufacturer Pfizer. (Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Everything we know about Paxlovid, the COVID-19 pill that’s saving lives

Nicole Karlis
Macro closeup of fresh clear Irish moss seaweed in blender (Getty Images/ablokhin)

Sea moss gel: demystifying the new wellness trend that’s a lot older than you think

Nicole Karlis
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)

COVID vaccines for kids under five are finally here. Here’s why it took so long

Nicole Karlis
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is nestled within a natural basin in China's remote and mountainous southwestern Guizhou province. (Getty Images/Jeff Dai/Stocktrek Images)

No, a Chinese telescope didn’t just detect aliens. Here’s what actually happened

Nicole Karlis
Justin Bieber performs onstage during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Anti-vaxxers seize on Justin Bieber’s facial paralysis as “proof” of a COVID conspiracy

Nicole Karlis
An active shooter drill is performed by the Livingston Police Department, the Park County Sheriff's Office, and Livingston Fire Department EMS at Park High School on April 27, 2018 in Livingston, Montana. (William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why school lockdown drills can do more harm than good

Nicole Karlis
Man clutching his chest from acute pain (Getty Images/Witthaya Prasongsin)

Yes, it is possible to die of a broken heart

Nicole Karlis
Perseverance rover on Mars (Getty Images/dima_zel/iStock)

The Mars rover accidentally adopted a pet rock

Nicole Karlis
Residents line up at a drive-up distribution site to receive free at-home COVID-19 test kits on January 02, 2022 in Stamford, Connecticut. The Connecticut state government received some 400,000 tests over the weekend which were sent to cities and towns for local distribution. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Did your at-home COVID test yield a false negative? You’re not alone — here’s what’s going on

Nicole Karlis
A general view of Novavax vaccine vials as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

A new COVID vaccine is coming. Will it sway anti-vaxxers?

Nicole Karlis
Space warp travels through the universe (Getty Images/pixelparticle)

Scientist says interstellar travel might be possible without spaceships

Nicole Karlis
Medical syringes are seen with 'Monkeypox' sign displayed on a screen in the backgound in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on May 26, 2022. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Who wants a monkeypox vaccine? As stockpiles open up, public health experts explain who gets dibs

Nicole Karlis
A medical worker monitors the vitals of an intubated patient at the COVID-19 coronavirus ward of Dura Governmental Hospital in the town of Dura on the outskirts of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on February 5, 2022. (HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Vaccines reduce risk of long Covid by just 15 percent, study finds

Nicole Karlis
A shopper is reflected in a glass case while looking at baby formula at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2022. The United States is in the grip of a severe shortage of baby formula. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Scammers and price gougers are taking advantage of desperate parents seeking baby formula

Nicole Karlis
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