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Red tide comes from an organism that occurs naturally in the ocean. But people can make these harmful algal blooms worse.

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Admiral Rachel Levine is the highest ranking out transgender person to have served in the federal government to date. She talks about the things she tried to accomplish leading the U.S. Public Health ...

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jason Pootoolal, president of Save the Giraffes, about using in vitro fertilization for wild giraffes to save the species from extinction.

Arkansas was the first state to start sending letters home flagging students' Body Mass Index. Twenty years later, they do not appear to have had any effect on childhood obesity.