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An aerial view shows painted circles in the grass to encourage people to keep a distance from each other at Washington Square Park in San Francisco. The photo is from May 22, 2020. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Women runners at the start of the 2024 Boston Marathon. Women couldn't officially compete in this race until 1972. David L. Ryan/Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption

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Bruce Onobrakpeya, a towering figure in modernism, in his home/studio in Lagos, Nigeria. At 91, he has his first Smithsonian solo show. Manny Jefferson/for NPR hide caption

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Pioneering Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya opens an exhibition at the Smithsonian

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Chemical companies and water utilities have sued the EPA after it issued rules limiting some PFAs, or "forever chemicals" that are linked to human health risks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Dr. Stephanie Arnold, who prefers bright-colored clothes instead of a white coat, meets with a patient who needs a pelvic exam. The family medicine clinic Arnold founded offers reproductive health care, including abortion, alongside all kinds of other care. “It’s a little bit of everything, which is very typical of family medicine,” she says. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption

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Abortion As Primary Care, I

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Warehouses in California can get dangerously hot. The state just passed a rule protecting people who work indoors in industries like warehousing, restaurants or manufacturing from excessive heat. Virginie Goubier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Judy and Howie Blatt in 2019. Sacha Pfeiffer/NPR hide caption

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Howard Blatt, co-founder of an aphasia support group, dies at 88

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In severe pain and uncertain of its cause, Tieqiao Zhang of Dallas says he didn’t want to wait for an appointment with his regular doctor, but he also wasn’t sure if he needed emergency care. He visited a clinic on the campus of Dallas’ largest public hospital — and was charged 10 times what he expected. Laura Buckman/KFF Health News hide caption

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveiled sanctions against members and affiliates of a Mexican drug cartel during a visit to Atlanta on Thursday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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New sanctions are expected to be announced against those involved in fentanyl traffic

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Marvin Ruckle, who has worked as a NICU nurse at an Ascension hospital in Kansas, said problems caused by the cyberattack nearly led him to administer the wrong dose of a narcotic to a baby. Travis Heying for KFF Health News hide caption

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Cyberattack led to harrowing lapses at Ascension hospitals, clinicians say

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Pixar's new movie Inside Out 2 revisits the internal life of Riley, as she hits puberty and copes with a growing range of emotions. Pixar hide caption

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A teen gets their body composition analyzed. Behavioral counseling is recommended for kids and teens with obesity. ELENA BESSONOVA/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption

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Prevention task force recommends intensive counseling for kids with obesity

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Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on June 3. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

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Consumers are paying cash for preventive health testing with full body scans, which typically use MRI technology. Mindful Media/Getty Images/E+ hide caption

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People rested at the Oregon Convention Center cooling station in Portland, Oregon during a record-breaking heat wave in 2021. FEMA has never responded to an extreme heat emergency, but some hope that will change. (Photo by Kathryn Elsesser / AFP via Getty Images) Kathryn Elsesser/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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FEMA heat disaster petition

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Social media platforms are part of what the U.S. surgeon general is calling a youth mental health crisis. doble-d/Getty hide caption

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'An unfair fight': The U.S. surgeon general declares war on social media

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Ansar Khan, 40, whose six-month-old daughter died on late May. He blames the extreme heat.
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How people in India's capital city of New Delhi are coping with the heat

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A crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, rides in the back of a UH-1Y Venom as it approaches a landing zone during a training exercise near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on June 17th, 2016. Lance Corporal Aaron K. Fiala/U.S. Marine Corps hide caption

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