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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.”

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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A vendor sells "Make Milk Raw Again" hats at the Homesteaders of America Conference held at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Front Royal, Virginia on October 11, 2024. (Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why conservatives are now obsessed with raw milk

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Telescope on the background of the starry sky and moon. (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

Earth’s moon might be older than previously thought

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A woman taking medicine in her room at home (Getty Images/Kayoko Hayashi)

Does zinc actually prevent and shorten colds? Here’s why we still don’t know

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Patient care and service workers protest at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Union membership can reduce the odds of death, study finds

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Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Is the public’s support of Luigi Mangione a symptom of empathy fatigue?

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Doctor discussing contraceptive methods with a patient (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Abortion bans are profoundly impacting contraceptive care, study finds

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Woman resting on a sofa (Getty Images/LumiNola)

Why conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID are still so mysterious

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A child with a Congolese flag in the Katanga village near Lubumbashi, during an official visit of the Belgian Royal couple to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday 11 June 2022. (BENOIT DOPPAGNE/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Mystery disease linked to more than 100 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo

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Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. delivers a speech outlining his foreign policy vision at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

How to “Make America Healthy Again”? Start with addressing lack of social support

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Woman waiting in medical office waiting room (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Texas won’t review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and dairy cows (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Bird flu is getting worse. Disease experts worry Trump and RFK Jr. will mangle response like COVID

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Farmer taking a raw milk sample during Dairy Processing at Brooms Bloom. (Edwin Remsberg/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Bird flu found in raw milk sold in California

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Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks ahead of a live interview with US commentator Tucker Carlson and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, during the finale of the Tucker Carlson Live Tour at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on October 31, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Putting RFK Jr. in charge of HHS will erode children’s health, pediatricians warn

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A duckling is vaccinated with Volvac vaccine against Influenza in a breeding in Renung, southwestern France, on July 1, 2024. (GAIZKA IROZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Bird flu worries European health agencies as they increase virus surveillance

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Injections for Comirnaty Pfizer vaccine for COVID and the Fluzone H,D. for influenza are ready to be given to a patient at the Walgreens pharmacy in Torrance on September 5, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

An Idaho regional health department banned COVID vaccines. Will others follow?

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Abortion rights advocates protest during arguments over whether the federal government has the power to penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions even in states with strict bans on the procedure outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2024. (Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How abortion funds are preparing for another Trump presidency

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Donald Trump. Pro-choice protesters. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will state laws protect abortion under a Trump presidency? Probably not

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A woman walks by campaign signs at an early voting site at the West Oaks Branch Library in Ocoee, Florida, United States on October 27, 2024. (Paul Hennesy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Most abortion ballot measures pass, but it didn’t translate to a victory for Democrats

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally at Dodge County Airport on October 06, 2024 in Juneau, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

This is the motto Donald Trump says he will govern by

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Signs supporting the Right to Abortion Initiative are displayed during a rally on September 5, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. The initiative will be on the November 5th ballot as an amendment to Montana's constitution. (William Campbell/Getty Images)

Abortion amendments pass in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and more while Florida measure fails

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Abortion rights protestors rally on July 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Hannah Beier/Getty Images)

Abortion could tilt swing states like Pennsylvania for Democrats, experts say

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Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris embraces singer Beyoncé at a campaign rally on October 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)

Harris pushing abortion rights as the winning issue in campaign’s final stretch

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