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Abortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America
Young people in the U.S. are growing up in a very different world today than before the fall of Roe....
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Calls to poison control centers spiked across the U.S. for adolescents and young adults exposed to the hallucinogen psilocybin, according...
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Supreme Court unanimously concludes that anti-abortion groups have no standing to challenge access to mifepristone – but the drug likely faces more court challenges
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In June 2020, three months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world, health officials adjusted initial restrictions to allow...
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The key to raising secure children: Why parental sensitivity matters for fathers and mothers
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On June 1, in the nail-biting final hours of the annual World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, states agreed to...
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How game worlds are helping health-care workers practise compassionate clinical responses
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