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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.”

Pro-abortion activists rally for "reproductive rights and emergency abortion care" outside the US Supreme Court as it hears arguments in the Moyle v. United States case, in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

The deaths from abortion bans you won’t hear about

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U.S. President Joe Biden (not seen) and Vice President Kamala Harris attend event on Medicare drug price negotiations in Prince George's County in Maryland, United States on August 15, 2024. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Will Harris’ plan to expand Medicare and cover home care costs work?

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Dr Warren Hern in an exam room inside his clinic on January 31, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. He has been performing abortions since the 1970's. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

A leading abortion provider on why restrictive laws are taking us back to the Dark Ages

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Woman doctor gynecologist consulting a patient (Getty Images/Svetlana Repnitskaya)

Abortion laws are straining the OB-GYN workforce in Texas: report

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Father holding newborn baby at hospital (Getty Images/SelectStock)

Not just mothers: Fathers also need paid leave — and presidential candidates must address that

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Palm trees bend in the wind after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida on October 9, 2024. (MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurricane Milton tears roof off Tropicana Field and unleashes deadly tornadoes

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Father holding his son hand walking him back to school, boy is wearing protective face mask and carry a backpack in his shoulders. (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

For kids with long COVID, “back to school” often means not returning at all

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ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 05: A podium with the logo for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the Tom Harkin Global Communications Center on October 5, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. The first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States was staying with family members at The Ivy Apartment complex before being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

CDC warns of online pharmacies selling fake drugs tainted with fentanyl

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Demonstrators protest and argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court, March 26, 2024. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How America changed post-Dobbs — and how the fight for abortion rights continues

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Multiple exposure, side view of a woman (Getty Images/Jonathan Knowles)

More people than ever identify as “empaths” — but some weaponize this trait, experts say

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, debates Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Where Trump’s “execute the babies” lie comes from

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Pregnant woman at her doctor appointment prenatal care (Getty Images/Adene Sanchez)

“Dangerously warped”: Care for pregnant people since Dobbs is “compromised,” doctors say

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Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks to reporters in front of the border wall with Mexico on September 06, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

JD Vance is wrong, experts say: Boomer grandparents aren’t the solution to rising day care costs

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A woman, who chose to remain anonymous, talks to Doctor Audrey (R) before recieving an abortion at a Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 14, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Abortion bans are pushing people to terminate later in pregnancy

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A woman wearing a mask and gloves reads a local newspaper amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 21, 2020 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Are people more afraid of illness these days?

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A doctor talks with her patient about her concerns. (Getty Images/ljubaphoto)

New research suggests tube tying isn’t as permanent or effective as once thought

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Rossano study Dog and Soundboard (Courtesy of Comparative Cognition Lab at UC San Diego/Photo by Patrick Wood)

Yes, dogs understand words from soundboard buttons, study finds

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz celebrates with his daughter Hope Walz (L), son Gus Walz (2nd-L) and wife Gwen Walz (R) after accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

How politicians are destigmatizing infertility this election season

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Mosquito drinking blood (Getty Images/iiievgeniy)

Rare, deadly mosquito disease is causing alarm in New England. But how risky is “triple E” virus?

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Parents looking burnout and frustrated and stressed. (Getty Images/filadendron)

American parents are so stressed out it’s now a public health crisis

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An employee prepares a dose of Comirnaty Omicron XBB 1.5 Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 at a pharmacy in Ajaccio, on October 5, 2023, during a new COVID-19 vaccination campagin on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. (PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP via Getty Images)

New COVID vaccines have arrived just as a vaccine equity program is ending

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A young girl is waiting for a doctor in a waiting room at the Hospital (Getty Images/Julia Gomina)

Long COVID is a “public health crisis for kids,” experts say

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Small girl having a lice nit treatment (Getty Images/Richard Bailey)

Head lice at school isn’t the crisis it used to be. Here’s why

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Abortion rights advocates participate in a protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Suburban women care about abortion, despite what Republicans claim

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