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How Texas’ Abortion Law Is Impacting Patients and Providers November 30, 2021
On Sept. 1, a new Texas law made it illegal to perform abortions once the embryo is showing cardiac activity. Since then, providers have worked in limbo as they wait to see if it passes the Supreme Court’s review. Even if the court rules in their favor, they worry the law has already had a chilling effect.
Karen Brooks Harper & Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune
In the Russian Arctic, One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth November 29, 2021
Originally built as a resource colony by prisoners in the Soviet Gulag, the town of Norilsk has been a metal making center for 80 years. Norilsk Nickel has poisoned rivers, killed off boreal forest, and caused the largest oil spill in Arctic history. Now it wants to produce more metal for the “green economy.”
Marianne Lavelle
Why Cheap At-Home Covid Tests Are Hard to Find November 26, 2021
The U.S. produced Covid-19 vaccines in record time, but, nearly two years into the pandemic, consumers have few options for cheap tests that quickly screen for infection, though they are widely available in Europe. Experts say the dearth of tests and high prices undermine efforts to return to normal life.
Rachana Pradhan & Hannah Norman, KHN