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Supreme Court decision suggests the legal right to contraception is also under threat

By Olivia Goldhill

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Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children

By Helen Branswell and Matthew Herper

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HIPAA won’t protect you if prosecutors want your reproductive health records

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A STAT Investigation

‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents

By Usha Lee McFarling

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Vague ‘medical emergency’ exceptions in abortion laws leave pregnant people in danger, doctors say

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Arthur Ashe and AIDS: Did the public have the right to know his diagnosis?

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Viruses that were on hiatus during Covid are back — and behaving in unexpected ways

By Helen Branswell

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Pfizer says its Omicron-containing boosters outperform current vaccine

By Matthew Herper

First Opinion

A major problem for minors: post-Roe access to abortion

By Tracey Wilkinson, Julie Maslowsky and Laura Lindberg

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Politics

The Biden administration wants to get tough on states’ abortion pill restrictions. It won’t be easy

By Nicholas Florko

A STAT Investigation

What will it take to level the playing field for Black residents?

By Usha Lee McFarling

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Health

WHO: Monkeypox outbreak not yet a global public health emergency

By Andrew Joseph

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First Opinion

When women are denied an abortion, their children fare worse than peers

By Diana Greene Foster

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Health

Why you get paid to donate plasma but not blood

By Elizabeth Preston

Health

Newest Omicron Covid-19 lineages gaining ground in United States

By Andrew Joseph

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Endnotes

When a patient nears the end, a feared therapy can also comfort

By Bob Tedeschi

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In the Lab

‘Microdosing’ is touted by ’shroomers and Reddit users. Science is starting to test their claims — and finding some truth

By Sharon Begley

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First Opinion

A growing gap in premature deaths along party lines underscores the collision of politics and public health

By Haider J. Warraich

Health

Coronavirus hasn’t developed resistance to Paxlovid. How long can that last?

By Jason Mast