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Doctors should start screening all women and girls for anxiety, according a prominent women's health group.

All Women Should Be Screened For Anxiety Disorders, Health Group Says

Women suffer from anxiety at nearly twice the rate of men, and a coalition of women's health groups says all teenage girls and women should be screened.

A technician waits to collect vials containing vaccine after they pass through a machine that checks for bottling and vaccine substance deficiencies.

The World's Largest Vaccine Maker Took A Multimillion Dollar Pandemic Gamble

NPR tours the factory of the world's largest vaccine maker: Serum Institute of India. It's manufacturing nearly 100 million doses a month of the Oxford-AstraZeneca formula and exporting them globally.

Peggy Gibson sits in her living room with her service dog, Rocky, in West Jefferson, N.C., last November. Gibson says Rocky, a diabetic alert dog, isn't able to work well in public.

The Hope And Hype Of Diabetic Alert Dogs

Companies that sell dogs trained to sniff out life-threatening changes in blood sugar for people with diabetes have faced lawsuits or complaints from some of their customers.

In this image taken from a live-streamed video from the California Governor's Office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom getting a flu shot during a news conference on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

California Shows Signs Of Potential New Surge Of COVID-19 Cases

California’s governor says the state is showing signs of a potential new surge of coronavirus cases. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that could prompt another shutdown of businesses and further delay school reopenings.

Despite a plea from the governor not to, Michigan's lawmakers met Tuesday at the state's Capitol in Lansing amid the coronavirus pandemic. On the Capitol's steps, demonstrators protested the closure of businesses across the state and the ability to travel freely under the state's stay-at-home order.

Lawmakers Defy Warnings, Continue To Meet In Capitals Across The Country

Many state legislative sessions were cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now lawmakers, itching to complete state business, are reconvening despite health warnings.

A team of scientists used a telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain to detect a gas giant orbiting a tiny red star some 30 light-years from Earth.

A Peculiar Solar System Has Scientists Rethinking Theories Of How Planets Form

A surprisingly large planet orbiting a small star defies the conventional wisdom about how planets are born. But a dark-horse idea from more than 20 years ago could explain it.

The Pacific Ocean from space. In both liquid and frozen form, water covers most of Earth's surface and there's been a debate among scientists about where all the water originated.

Water, Water, Every Where—And Now Scientists Know Where It Came From

Some unusual meteorites suggest that Earth got its water at its start, rather than forming dry and being watered by comets later on.

Author Ursula K. Le Guin in her study, late 1960s.

AMERICAN MASTERS: Worlds Of Ursula K. Le Guin

Airs Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at 9 p.m. & Sunday, Aug. 4 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2

Host Julia Collin Davison cooking from her home-kitchen in Season 21 of AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN.

AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED: Season 21

Stream or tune in Saturdays, Jan. 9 - May 29 + June 26 - July 31, 2021 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

You may have heard the word "coronavirus" online or on TV. You probably have a lot of questions. Check out our comic to get some answers — and print out a zine version at home.

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