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Cas Martin wore a transgender flag as he listened to a speaker during a Transgender Day of Visibility Event outside of the State House on March 31.

Massachusetts can continue to lead the way in providing gender-affirming health care

Access, even in Massachusetts, remains incredibly rare and this must change. 3:00 a.m.

Heavy west-bound traffic is captured in a rear view mirror under cool cloudy skies on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton on April 22, 2022.

Air pollution is responsible for premature deaths in every Massachusetts city and town

We recently published a study in the journal Environmental Health estimating air pollution’s health effects in every Massachusetts city and town, information we have placed in a searchable database. 5:55 p.m.

Commuters at South Station on April 20, the first day where customers riding the MBTA were no longer required to wear masks.

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Needed: A COVID course correction

How should the federal government navigate the disconnect between a public health emergency and a population that seems inured? 5:33 p.m.

People cheer at a watch party in Overland Park, Kansas, after learning that voters rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have allowed the Legislature to restrict or ban abortion on Aug. 2.

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Kansas abortion vote shows how hard it is to take away a right

There’s a fear that many rights we now take for granted are at risk, and a populist rising against that outcome could be more bipartisan than Republicans understand. 1:14 p.m.

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My apps tracked my pregnancy and my abortion: Will deleting them protect me?

Apps designed to track reproductive cycles aren’t expendable, and telling women to delete them in light of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade isn’t a realistic option. 3:00 a.m.