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    Birth control pill users are frustrated. Here's why.

    Sheena reality-checks fears about the pill and looks at other contraceptive options.
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    How Are Wildfires Making Us Sick?

    When the air fills with smoke, what are you really breathing? And how best to stay safe?
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    How Smoking Weed Affects Your Health

    There’s growing pushback to the notion that cannabis is 100% safe. We debunk five myths.
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    Heat: How Much Can the Human Body Take?

    How is the human body affected by heat waves? And how can you protect yourself?
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    Long COVID: What Do You Need to Know?

    We’ll dissect Long COVID with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Ed Yong.
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    How Adult ADHD Goes Undetected

    What is ADHD and why is it so hard to diagnose?
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    Lyme Disease Cases Are Surging. Who Is Most At Risk?

    The Vitals team explores how vector-borne diseases spread and why cases are rising.
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    Curbing Gun Violence With a Public Health Approach

    Sheena explores how a public health approach can reduce gun violence.

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