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Pfizer's Paxlovid combines two antiviral drugs to fight the virus that causes COVID-19. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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In a pandemic milestone, the NIH ends guidance on COVID treatment

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Palestinian crowds struggle to buy bread from a bakery in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Feb. 18. Fatima Shbair/AP hide caption

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Famine in Gaza is 'imminent;' how Louisana's abortion ban changed maternal care

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Angie Atkins, 37, lives with her two kids in an apartment in northwest Philadelphia. She's been on a waitlist for a federal housing voucher, which would help subsidize her rent, for about seven years. Caroline Gutman for NPR hide caption

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Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cash

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Palestinian children receive free food in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Feb. 23. More than a million Palestinians displaced by the war have taken refuge in Rafah governorate, including an estimated 600,000 children. Fatima Shbair/AP hide caption

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Supporters cheer as former President Donald Trump speaks at the Waco Regional Airport last spring in Waco, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Young conservatives have grown up in Trump's Republican Party. Now, it's time to vote

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The Sports Museum curator Richard Johnson, right, stands near an exhibit that displays cover photos from the sports magazine Sports Illustrated in the museum at the TD Garden, in Boston. Steven Senne/AP hide caption

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Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, says that a slew of recent incidents ranging from a panel that fell off a plane to another jet losing a wheel on takeoff will cause the airline to review its safety training for employees. Tom Brenner/AP hide caption

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The share of abortions that are performed with medication alone (a combination of mifepristone and misoprosotol) increased between 2020 and 2023. Rachel Woolf/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption

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Despite bans in some states, more than a million abortions were provided in 2023

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Charlotte the stingray became a social media star when she got pregnant without a mate. Lydia Wilson hide caption

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Pregnant stingray Charlotte brings in traffic, business to North Carolina town

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