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It is no secret that cats have taken over the internet, and literally, no one is mad about that. From photos to videos, we just can't resist good cat content. Therefore today, we're excited to shar...
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Pocket CastsChildren still learn long division even though calculators exist, and many people continue to study languages even as AI translation...
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Moving beyond traditional roles as communicators of established knowledge, science museums are engaging more and more with difficult societal issues. Despite the pressing importance of respondi...
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President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,...
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SAN FRANCISCO — At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, Cal...
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CANBERRA — Australia’s social media restrictions came into effect in December 2025, triggering a domino effect across the globe as countries in Europe and Asia debated or adopted similar rules. Tog...
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“Maxxing” trends are growing in popularity on social media, but experts say many of these health hacks can be ineffective or even pose health risks. Olga Rolenko · Moment “Maxxing” trends ...
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Did Anthony Fauci really get a text from Joan Baez, as his private diary suggests, wishing him a “happy fucking birthday” in the midst of the pandemic? Until now, the answer to that question has re...
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The sweeping policy shift announced Tuesday to end Medicaid funding for youth sex-change treatments is being hailed by at least one veteran pediatrician, who argued that the procedures were never "...
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elzauer/Moment/Getty Images A preliminary study found that “poop pills” — oral fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) — increased tolerance to peanuts in some adults with a peanut allergy....
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Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed Americans’ skepticism toward public health experts and President Donald Trump’s executive order on childhood va...
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New research suggests that newer blood thinners may not only protect against strokes but also support brain health in people with Alzheimer’s. Tatiana Maksimova/Moment/Getty Images A study...
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On August 4, 2026, gossip blogger Perez Hilton, 48, frightened his followers as he committed horrifying acts of self-mutilation with a knife on a TikTok livestream. After receiving multiple 911 ca...
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New research shows that choosing to take the stairs could help reduce your risk of heart disease and early death. baona · E+/Getty A major study has recently found that taking the stairs m...
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The crew of USS Abraham Lincoln is reportedly suffering from extreme mental exhaustion, supply failures, and combat pressure after months of deployment ...
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Lindsay Clancy searched online about hallucinations, psychosis and the side effects of several drugs she was prescribed in the weeks before she strangled her three young children in January 2023, a...
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There’s no excuse for bullying others. Though the reality is that real life isn’t a fairy tale where good always triumphs over evil. Your bullies don’t always get what they deserve. Some might see ...
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About 200,000 low-income Arkansans could see major changes to their health coverage next year after the Trump administration recently informed state officials it will not renew a key Medicaid agree...
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“No more operations,” he said. It was mid-January 2026, and my then-73-year-old husband, Mike Salmon, had just started bouncing back from a three-month ordeal of three operations related to ...
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Nearly two dozen cases of Vibrio vulnificus, known as a “flesh-eating” bacteria, have occurred in parts of Florida and Louisiana. Two people are dead. bactpadamkaz/E+/Getty Images At least...
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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.Until very recently, airplanes were one of the last places where you couldn’t count on having good Wi-Fi. Ev...