Health Care
Vox’s coverage of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare-for-all, emergency room fees, and everything else you need to know about the health care industry.
Covid-19 isn’t going anywhere, yet conflicting public health messaging and a lack of funds may only prolong the crisis.
It’s about to become the first state to ban abortions after fertilization.
The Biden administration is begging Congress to fund its pandemic response.
As the 911 system adapts to the age of cellphones, it’s gaining access to all kinds of new data, too.
Foundations love funding reproductive health care, unless it’s for an abortion.
Meet the person who wants to bring effective altruism to Congress.
RaDonda Vaught’s conviction set a dangerous precedent for patient safety, but is also driving a push for better protections for nurses.
America is enduring its worst baby formula shortage in decades.
We’re discussing protests in neighborhoods — which means we’re not discussing abortion rights.
The outlook is grim in the short term. But there are three possible paths over the longer term.
But political barriers will hobble our ability to deal with the shifting patterns of global population.
But Silicon Valley could.
Justice Alito is a staunch opponent of LGBTQ rights, but he may not have the votes to turn back the clock.
The likely fall of Roe will roll back access for millions. It will also strike at the heart of American democracy.
Limited by the filibuster and conservative members of Congress, lawmakers are zeroing on holding the Senate as one way to defend reproductive rights.
Gutting abortion rights might not boost the GOP in the midterms.
It involved setbacks, political power plays, and some pure luck.
Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked opinion is a full-bore attack on the right to an abortion.
How the RaDonda Vaught case threatens patient safety.
Obtaining an abortion in Oklahoma is about to become all but impossible.
Covid-19 case numbers aren’t as reliable these days. How can we keep track of the virus?
Covid-19 vaccines and antivirals can’t fix the US health care system’s inequities.
What the end of plane mask mandates reveals about our new pandemic normal.
An expert explains why a shifting pandemic demands a broader set of solutions.
A new law is forcing the state’s last remaining abortion providers to shut down.
Wastewater can help us monitor Covid-19. What else can it tell us?
Texas prosecutors dropped their nonexistent case, but it will still have a chilling effect.
Journalists struggled to accurately convey scientific uncertainty on Covid-19.
How 3D printing can help mitigate PPE supply shortages in future pandemics.
Even if BA.2 doesn’t spark a nationwide surge, it still poses dangers.
The ins and outs of wastewater surveillance.
Republican lawmakers passed a bill subjecting abortion providers to criminal penalties in most cases.
The global vaccination campaign got cut out of Congress’s new Covid-19 funding bill. That’s a mistake.
A former White House immigration official weighs the challenges ahead as the administration prepares for a spike in migrant arrivals.
Here’s what to consider.
The US is fighting a modern pandemic with a 1990s-sized workforce.
The case for treating internet access as a health necessity.
Travel nursing is a short-term and unsustainable solution for medical understaffing.
The case for cautious optimism for the US.
In his State of the Union speech, the president vowed to hold social media platforms accountable for their harms.