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A video call on a laptop screen during Christmas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance on Friday for safely celebrating the upcoming holiday season.

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  • Health

The CDC emphasizes COVID vaccinations as a key to safe holiday gatherings

The CDC says that having every person in attendance vaccinated is important for protecting those who can't get a shot. And it recommends that those who aren't fully vaccinated delay travel.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
A wall of Lego minifigures is encased inside the lobby of the Legoland Hotel in Goshen, N.Y. on Aug. 6. The Danish company is pledging to remove harmful stereotypes from its products and marketing.

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  • Business

Lego says it will work to rid its toys of harmful gender bias

The toy company says it will work to make its products and marketing more inclusive, citing new research into how kids and parents see creativity through a gendered lens.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Dr. Anthony Fauci said this weekend that children can go trick-or-treating safely this year.

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  • Family

Get the candy bowl ready. Dr. Fauci says Halloween is a go this year

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, tells CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating outdoors for Halloween this year.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Horseback riders head down a trail near June Lake, Calif. As post-pandemic travel increases, people are flocking to outdoor activities and rural areas.

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  • Business

U.S. travelers are back in the saddle again. But they've adapted to a new reality

The U.S. travel industry is rebounding after taking massive hits early in the pandemic. But Americans are making different choices now, such as staying closer to home and choosing rural destinations.

October 09, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
People take part in the Women's March ATX rally in reaction to the controversial ban earlier this month at the Texas State Capitol in Austin.

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  • National

Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas' 6-week abortion ban

After a lower court temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing what is essentially a ban on abortions six weeks into pregnancy, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed that ban to continue.

October 09, 2021
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Gas stoves emit pollution into your house and they are connected to a production and supply system that leaks the powerful greenhouse gas methane during drilling, fracking, processing and transport.

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  • National

We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change

Americans love their gas stoves, but they pollute homes and are connected to a supply system that leaks methane. That's part of a battle as more people face a decision about switching to electric.

October 07, 2021
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  • Jeff Brady

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  • Education

Facebook's own data is not as conclusive as you think about teens and mental health

It's grabbed a lot of headlines, but the evidence on social media and teen mental health — including that Facebook and Instagram research — is far from a smoking gun.

October 06, 2021
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  • Anya Kamenetz
A bride in India. There's a movement to get the government to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21.

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  • Global Health

India may raise the age of marriage for girls. Not everyone thinks that's a good idea

There's a campaign for the government to set the legal age of marriage at 21 instead of 18. A lot of young women are in favor. But there's also concern that it could backfire.

October 02, 2021
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  • Sushmita Pathak
Michelle Zauner (L) of Japanese Breakfast performs with drummer Craig Hendrix at the Intersect music festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on December 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Race

You Are What You Cook

In her memoir, Crying In H Mart, released earlier this year, author and musician Michelle Zauner explores how cooking helped her understand her identity as a Korean American after her mother's death.

October 02, 2021
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  • Alyssa Jeong Perry
Coppertone has issued a recall for five of its aerosol sunscreen products after finding benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in some batches.

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  • Business

Coppertone recalls 5 sunscreen sprays because of a cancer-causing chemical

The company says that daily exposure levels believed to be detected in the products likely would not cause "adverse health consequences."

October 01, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
An employee organizes an aisle at Mary Arnold Toys, New York City's oldest toy store, on Aug. 2.

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  • Business

Santa's sleigh is looking emptier. Fewer toys, higher prices loom for holiday season

Toy-makers are warning of emptier shelves and pricier toys this holiday season. Their supplies are ensnarled in floating traffic jams of container ships wallowing near key U.S. ports.

October 01, 2021
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  • Alina Selyukh
Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, bows his head as Assemblyman James Ramos opens a meeting with tribal leaders from around the state in 2019 in West Sacramento, Calif. In 2021, Ramos authored, and Newsom signed, a law to erect a monument to Native Americans in Sacramento outside the state capitol.

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  • National

California plans to replace a toppled statue with a monument to Native Americans

Last year, protesters tore down a controversial statue of Spanish missionary Junipero Serra at the state capitol in Sacramento. New legislation makes way for a monument to Native people in its place.

October 01, 2021
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  • Ed Fletcher
Antigone Davis, Facebook's global head of safety, testifies remotely Thursday before a Senate subcommittee following leaks of internal research showing the company knows the harm its apps cause young people.

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  • Technology

Senators Blast Facebook For Concealing Instagram's Risks To Kids

Days after Facebook's Instagram "paused" work on an app for kids under 13, U.S. senators grilled the company's head of safety about how both platforms negatively affect teens and young people.

September 30, 2021
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  • Shannon Bond
An older child gets vaccinated in Michigan. Pfizer and BioNTech say they will submit a formal request for emergency use authorization of the vaccine in children as young as 5 in the coming weeks.

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  • Health

Pfizer Submits Favorable Initial Data To The FDA On Kids' COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to submit a formal request for emergency use authorization of their vaccine in young children "in the coming weeks."

September 28, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
GPB News NPR

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  • Family

Boppy Recalls 3.3. Million Baby Pillows After The Deaths Of 8 Infants

The loungers were sold in stores from January 2004 to September 2021. Retailers including Amazon, Pottery Barn Kids, Target and Walmart carried the product.

September 23, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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