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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.”

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Simone Biles of Team United States competes on the uneven bars during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Simone Biles and the “twisties”: How the mind affects physical performance

Nicole Karlis
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a reception celebrating Women’s History Month in the East Room of the White House on March 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

American moms feel like Kamala Harris “gets” them

Nicole Karlis
Used surgical mask thrown on the sand of a beach (Getty Images/nito100)

What’s different about this summer’s FLiRT COVID wave

Nicole Karlis
Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

“It’s not just about abortion”: How the Chevron ruling could unravel reproductive rights

Nicole Karlis
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Florida’s new 6-week abortion ban during an event at the Prime Osborn Convention Center on May 01, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why it matters Kamala Harris isn’t afraid to say the word “abortion”

Nicole Karlis
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A pacifier for the mind: Biden and Trump conspiracy theories are America’s toxic coping mechanism

Nicole Karlis
The examination room in A Woman's Choice of Jacksonville clinic, which provides abortion care on April 30, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Reproductive rights are under attack using online data. These tools help people protect themselves

Nicole Karlis
Kim Kardashian attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Why “salmon sperm facials” have enchanted Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Aniston

Nicole Karlis
Abortion provider Dr. Barbara Zipkin councils a patient at Camelback Family Planning in Phoenix, Arizona on April 11, 2024. (Getty Images)

Why do abortion “exceptions” rarely include mental health?

Nicole Karlis
A healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to a patient for the prevention of mpox the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Mpox is mutating to become more contagious in Africa, alarming some health experts

Nicole Karlis
Republican Vice Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks to Fox News anchor Sean Hannity (not seen) on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Experts warn JD Vance and Trump are “most dangerous” threat to reproductive rights in US history

Nicole Karlis
Barnyard Range Free Chickens in Rural Western Colorado Outdoors (Getty Images/eyecrave productions)

With five more human bird flu cases reported, number of infected this year more than doubles

Nicole Karlis
Women are showing signs when the abortion rights activists are protesting in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 24, 2024. (AASHISH KIPHAYET/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

National abortion ban “hidden in plain sight” in revised RNC agenda, legal experts say

Nicole Karlis
A family physician and her resident look over an ultrasound the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Center for Reproductive Health clinic on June 23, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

“Reckless” and “unsafe”: The misinformation around “late-term abortion” is harmful, experts say

Nicole Karlis
Jennifer Garner and daughter Violet Affleck are seen on May 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)

Violet Affleck reveals post-viral illness while advocating for masking against COVID

Nicole Karlis
Cows queuing for their midway milking at United Dreams Dairy, in North Freedom, Wisconsin on May 8, 2024. (Matthew Ludak for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Bird flu seems to be slowly mutating to better infect humans. Experts warn the time to act is now

Nicole Karlis
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a meeting of the Reproductive Health Task Force at the White House on January 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden keeps promising to restore abortion rights. Critics question why he hasn’t done it already

Nicole Karlis
Father packing daughters backpacks for school (Getty Images/MoMo Productions)

Today’s dads help out more than previous generations. Is it actually enough?

Nicole Karlis
Demonstrators marching through downtown advocating for a woman's right to an abortion stop to protest in front of a Walgreen's store on March 08, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

“Scarcity mindset”: As reproductive rights are eroded, abortion funds are running out of money

Nicole Karlis
A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“No real clarity”: Supreme Court emergency abortion decision leaving Idaho physicians in the dark

Nicole Karlis
Pregnant woman being cared for inside ambulance (Getty Images/xavierarnau)

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Nicole Karlis
Bird Flu Infected Animals: Cow, Chicken, Cat and Mouse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Experts say bird flu is a Pandora’s box. Are we about to open it?

Troy Farah, Nicole Karlis
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on the Right to Contraception Act outside the U.S. Capitol on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Why contraception remains a battlefront in the war on reproductive rights

Nicole Karlis
Supreme Court of the United States | Mifepristone (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Challenge to abortion drug rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

Nicole Karlis
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