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When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccines this week, Jayme Franklin stood nearby, repeatedly touching her pregnant belly.

Franklin, 28, gave brief...

Jenny McBurney, a librarian specializing in government publications, was in Washington, D.C., in June when she heard the news that the Department of Interior, the agency responsible for overseeing the national park system, had ...

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, has revived a years-old inaccurate theory that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher rates of miscarriages.

As part of a Senate investigation into former U.S. infectious diseases chief Dr. Anthony Fauci, Johnson pointed to publicly

Irene Vázquez found the WNBA at just the right time. It was the summer of 2020, and emergency pandemic guidelines had kept them physically separated from their friends and support system for months.

The National Women’s Soccer League had just wrapped its Challenge Cup, and Vázquez, a longtime fan, needed a new outlet. On a whim, they borrowed a friend’s League Pass ...

Victoria Schmidt was scrolling through TikTok last July when the advertisement first appeared: a video of a woman promoting patches purporting to contain GLP-1 medication.

The woman described herself as a busy working mom — just like Schmidt. She seemed relatable.

“It was a great video. It just had a great hook to it,” Schmidt said. “It drew you in because...