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Plus: Gut inflammation news, California insurance gets harder to find, 750k adults just lost Medicaid, what (non-vaccinated) COVID actually does to your lungs, and more

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News Roundup

Health & Medicine

• Most pregnancy-related deaths occur in the year after a baby is born, prompting new strategies in caring for new mothers

• The science behind how chronic stress impacts gut health

• Nano-plastics are causing inflammation in the gut and brain, but the damage is reversible when they’re removed

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