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Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure.

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Shameful emissions

The Supreme Court weighs whether the EPA overstepped its authority -- and public health hangs in the balance.

The tooth will out

Fluoride proponents and foes battle over conflicting scientific claims -- and the attention of voters

Life under the hole in the sky

For the people of southern Chile, ozone depletion isn't a political issue -- it's a nightmarish reality. A report from the globe's ecological future.

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