Health
Vox’s coverage of all things health, including personal health, public health, mental health, and more.
Uh oh, the quest for a safer cigarette may have backfired.
Yes, protein builds muscle. No, you don’t need as much as lifting influencers say.
Young adults from around the world are struggling.
The HHS secretary is tampering with vaccine recommendations.
When it comes to our health, maybe we should be testing and diagnosing less.
Americans remained scared of violent crime. The numbers tell a different story.
Why billionaires need to give more — and give faster.
Why people who work could still lose their health insurance.
The record drop in drug overdose deaths, briefly explained.
Hearing aids are cool now.
We can keep saving lives when foreign aid is dying.
A movement fueled by conspiracy theories is starting conspiracy theories about its latest nominee.
How to live longer — and healthier.
More contagious than Covid-19 and with a 30 percent mortality rate, smallpox was one of history’s biggest killers. Now, it’s gone.
We’re in the middle of the worst measles outbreak in 30 years.
How to block the next Covid in mid-air.
Two cast members of the hit Netflix reality TV show on what the HHS secretary misunderstands about autism.
Political scientist Frances Lee examines the “noble lies” and truth-seeking failures of the pandemic.
Nothing will cure you of perfectionism faster than trying to grow living things.
Fewer people are dying from opioid overdoses. Trump threatens that progress.
Swole of body, swole of mind.
How a day off can (and can’t) help children.
Why early season heat waves are becoming more common and more dangerous.
It can feel tempting to cocoon yourself in relaxing hobbies to spare your mental health.
The one allergy treatment to rule them all, explained.
If you dislike insects, you’ll hate this.
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and scientists will do irreparable harm to the country.
Kennedy is targeting our best defense against the dentist.
Dementia has long resisted treatment. But one answer could be surprisingly simple.
US health care is never going to be the same.
It’s the worst allergy season ever. Again. Just like last year.
The best regimen starts before you start sneezing.
Want to improve someone’s well-being? These are the “best buys” identified so far.
The unregulated morass of vitamins and supplements makes it hard to know what’s legitimate. We can help.
Surgery before or after the weekend? Here’s what science says.
Our Covid mistakes did lasting damage. No one wants to talk about it.
The author John Green on how Trump cuts to aid will kill TB patients — and what we can do about it.
The troubling ripple effects of more measles outbreaks, explained.