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  1. Climate

    From electric cars to wildfires, how Trump may affect climate actions

    Trump’s first term, campaign pledges and nominees point to how efforts to address climate change and environmental issues may fare.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Dengue is classified as an urban disease. Mosquitoes don’t care

    Infectious diseases are often labeled “urban” or “rural.” Applying political labels to public health misses who is at risk, experts argue.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Refurbished heart pacemakers work like new

    “Old” pacemakers may still work for years, so doctors are refurbishing used devices and donating them to patients in low- and middle-income countries.