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  1. Humans

    Births in the United States have dropped to a 34-year low

    Recessions can influence the birth rate, but births haven’t rebounded yet since the country’s last economic downturn in the late 2000s.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Health & Medicine

    New data suggest people aren’t getting reinfected with the coronavirus

    People who recover from COVID-19 but later test positive again for the coronavirus don’t carry infectious virus, a study finds.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  3. Health & Medicine

    Indoor, high-intensity fitness classes may help spread the coronavirus

    As more U.S. states reopen and people return to public life, dance fitness classes in South Korea tell a cautionary tale.

    By Emily DeMarco
  4. Climate

    Daily global CO2 emissions dropped dramatically as COVID-19 kept people home

    Daily carbon dioxide emissions in early April were 17 percent lower than average daily emissions for 2019, thanks to government policies to restrict the spread of the coronavirus.