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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.”

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
Young man playing with black greyhound on sofa. (Getty Images/lucia meler)

TikTok’s viral “bark at your dog” challenge may not be a good idea, experts say

Nicole Karlis
Artist's interpretation of habitable alien planets, a distant star system (Getty Images/dottedhippo)

Are we looking for extraterrestrial intelligence all wrong?

Nicole Karlis
Young pregnant woman in the hospital ward having video call (Getty Images/Kemal Yildirim)

Zoom birth doulas became popular during the pandemic. Now, many still prefer the virtual touch

Nicole Karlis
Pregnant woman in a hospital bed holding a blanket, feeling abdominal pain, risk of miscarriage (Getty Images/Motortion)

Many states’ abortion bans have life-saving “exceptions.” Experts doubt they will work as intended

Nicole Karlis
Sir David Attenborough holding an ammonite in his left hand looking to camera with VisFx Pterosaur and t. Rex behind him, with asteroid streaking through the sky. (Photo courtesy of BBC Studios)

The paleontologist who found extinction day fossils teases “beautiful” triceratops skin discovery

Nicole Karlis
In vitro fertilization process close up (Getty Images/Antonio Marquez lanza)

How abortion “trigger laws” could inadvertently impede fertility treatments

Nicole Karlis
Protestors hold signs during Stop the Bans Speak Out Tour at the corner of Culver Drive and Alton Parkway in Irvine, CA on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

California is likely to become a destination for those seeking abortions

Nicole Karlis
The physician shows to patient a model of the liver (Getty Images/Shidlovski)

Mysterious hepatitis cases in children may be caused by a virus — but not SARS-CoV-2

Nicole Karlis
Pro-choice demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on November 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. On Monday, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the controversial Texas abortion law which bans abortions after 6 weeks. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Leaked majority opinion says Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade

Nicole Karlis
US actress Amber Heard looks over he shoulder during the 50 million US dollars Depp vs Heard defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia,on April 14, 2022. (SHAWN THEW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In Heard–Depp defamation trial, the stigma of borderline personality disorder looms large

Nicole Karlis
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