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hot bod 7/24/2020
The Tiny Item That Makes Hiking So Much Better Don’t underestimate how much you’ll need this.
By Maggie Lange

coronavirus 4:16 p.m.
What Will a Second Lockdown Look Like? Some cities and countries that have reopened businesses and schools have had to close again after COVID-19 outbreaks. Will that happen here?
By Katie Heaney

health 2:30 p.m.
An Actual Study Asked: Are Women With Endometriosis Hotter? The 2013 research has finally been retracted, but many are still wondering why it ever got conducted in the first place.
By Madeleine Aggeler

products 9:53 a.m.
Hope You’re Used to Life Without Clorox Wipes The cleaning product isn’t expected to be fully stocked until at least 2021.
By Hannah Gold

coronavirus 9:23 a.m.
The U.S. Reported Nearly 2 Million New COVID-19 Cases Last Month Over the past week, there have been an average of more than 61,000 new cases per day.
By Claire Lampen, Hannah Gold, and Amanda Arnold

cruise ships 8/2/2020
It’s Happening Again A coronavirus outbreak aboard a Norwegian cruise ship left 40 people newly infected.
By Claire Lampen

scams 8/2/2020
The Seeds Are Everywhere Mysterious, unasked-for packets of seeds are showing up in mailboxes nationwide.
By Claire Lampen

whoops 8/2/2020
Oh No, Someone Planted the Mystery Seeds An Arkansas man now has a large, squash-looking plant laying siege to his garden.
By Claire Lampen

coronavirus 7/31/2020
Everything We Know About the Mysterious Childhood Illness Linked to COVID-19 While multisystem inflammatory syndrome remains rare, children of color have been disproportionately affected.
By Amanda Arnold

explainer 7/30/2020
What We Know About Kids and the Coronavirus And why the question of when to reopen schools is among the most challenging of the pandemic.
By Erica Schwiegershausen
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