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A Feline Scientist Explains Why Your Cat Might Actually Like You

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This article is part of our Pets special section on scientists’ growing interest in our animal companions.Over the last two decades, a flurry...
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Biden Officials Pushed to Remove Age Limits for Trans Surgery, Documents Show

Barbara Chase -
Health officials in the Biden administration pressed an international group of medical experts to remove age limits for adolescent surgeries from guidelines for...
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He Monitors Solar Flares. Here’s What Keeps Him Up at Night.

Barbara Chase -
In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a watch for a possible solar storm. A gigantic cluster of spots on the...
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The Mysterious, Deep-Dwelling Microbes That Sculpt Our Planet

Barbara Chase -
Eventually, through many years of research, Boston and other scientists revealed that the microbes in Lechuguilla do much more than spit out a...
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In States That Won’t Pay for Obesity Drugs, ‘They May as Well Have Never Been Created’

Barbara Chase -
Joanna Bailey, a family physician and obesity specialist, doesn’t want to tell her patients that they can’t take Wegovy, but she has gotten...
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In States That Won’t Pay for Obesity Drugs, ‘They May as Well Have Never Been Created’

Barbara Chase -
Joanna Bailey, a family physician and obesity specialist, doesn’t want to tell her patients that they can’t take Wegovy, but she has gotten...
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Turning 26 and Struggling to Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.

Barbara Chase -
A hard-won provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their family’s insurance until age 26. But after that,...
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Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen

Barbara Chase -
An app that helps people find relief from the heat.A tiny insurance policy that pays working women when temperatures soar.Local laws that help...
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Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis

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The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on Tuesday declared gun violence in America a public health crisis, recommending an array of preventive...
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Scientists Find First Evidence That Butterflies Crossed an Ocean

Barbara Chase -
Early one morning in late October 2013, Gerard Talavera, an entomologist, saw something highly unusual — a flock of painted lady butterflies stranded...
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