Elizabeth Hlavinka (page 5)

Email: ehlavinka@salon.com

Elizabeth Hlavinka is a staff writer at Salon covering health and drugs. She specializes in exploring taboo topics and complex questions that help humans understand their place in the world.

Surgeon wearing a medical mask

Mask mandates are returning to some hospitals. Should they be there to stay? Elizabeth Hlavinka

Novavax Vaccine

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine gets the green light from the FDA, giving third option for protection Elizabeth Hlavinka

Monk Parakeet

Monk parakeets have “voiceprints” that identify themselves in groups just like humans, study finds Elizabeth Hlavinka

Holding a large mushroom

Magic mushroom retreat centers can offer healing — but their lack of regulation can carry risks Elizabeth Hlavinka

COVID-19 vaccine

This year's chaotic vaccine rollout is wildly different than before. Can we fix it in time? Elizabeth Hlavinka

Paramedics carrying patient in ambulance at night

Decriminalizing drugs in Oregon and Washington isn't associated with overdose increases, study finds Elizabeth Hlavinka

Planet Mars

A simple algorithm could reveal the ghosts of alien life in Mars dirt, study finds Elizabeth Hlavinka

Accretion of a star by a supermassive black hole

Fast food: Black holes devour stars much quicker than we thought Elizabeth Hlavinka

Drag n' Tag

Meet Miss Toto, the drag queen serving up shark science in South Florida Elizabeth Hlavinka

Woman holding tablet showing pregnancy illustration

Can your body “remember” pregnancy? A new study in mice suggests so Elizabeth Hlavinka

Buprenorphine

Overdoses are soaring, but medications can reduce death by 50 percent. So why aren't we using them? Elizabeth Hlavinka

volunteers removing trash

The next-generation "forest army": Biden launches civilian climate corps program Elizabeth Hlavinka

Doctor looking out window in a hospital

Bomb threats and violence: Pediatric gender-affirming care providers fear for their lives Elizabeth Hlavinka

Pink flower inside a book

The history of the word "vagina" illuminates our persistent problem with biased reproductive health Elizabeth Hlavinka

Rushing ambulance at night

Stimulants may be driving a "fourth wave" of the overdose crisis, with deaths at an all-time high Elizabeth Hlavinka

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