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When West Nile virus turns deadly
How climate change is complicating efforts to contain America's most common mosquito-borne illness.
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What’s behind the record outbreak of spongy moths in the eastern US?
Blame drought — and a careless French entomologist.
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
A new series explores how climate change transforms our reproductive lives, from menstruation to fertility to pregnancy.
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![An illustration of a woman in an hourglass looking outside at a stork carrying a bundle. Around them, a hurricane swirls.]()
Four lost pregnancies. Five weeks of IVF injections. One storm.
A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit.
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Pregnant in a warming climate: A lethal ‘double risk’ for malaria
Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. That could be a death sentence for pregnant people.
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Salt in the womb: How rising seas erode reproductive health
Women in Bangladesh are confronting the dangerous health effects of consuming salty water. They won't be the last.
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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth
Heat waves are making pregnancy more dangerous and exacerbating existing maternal health disparities.
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Billions of people cook over open fires. Are gas stoves the solution?
Last week in Paris, dozens of countries agreed to tackle harmful cooking methods — but sidestepped the controversial question of how to replace them.
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Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again
"You could definitely see the smoke outside, you could smell it, you could even taste it."
