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  1. Health & Medicine

    How doctors can help demystify birth control amid online confusion

    There’s a larger takeaway from some social media content about hormonal birth control side effects: People aren’t getting the information they need.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Health & Medicine

    Bird flu viruses may infect mammary glands more commonly than thought

    H5N1 turning up in cow milk was a big hint. The virus circulating in U.S. cows can infect the mammary glands of mice and ferrets, too.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  3. Environment

    Federally unprotected streams contribute most of the water to U.S. rivers

    A 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ephemeral streams aren’t protected by the Clean Water Act could have sizable ripple effects, a study suggests.