Public Health
Do soda taxes fight obesity? How did Juul hook American teens? Vox tackles all your questions about public health issues and trends.
The pandemic refuses to quit. What can the White House do about it?
These 5 leading indicators will help experts figure out how much of a threat omicron really is.
The CDC is encouraging Covid-19 booster shots now while we wait on more omicron variant data. Here’s why.
How will we know if the omicron variant is actually a big deal?
The Biden administration wants to protect millions from Covid-19, but it faces an uphill fight in a GOP-dominated judiciary.
Burnout, vaccine hesitancy, and plum traveling gigs are making it harder for hospitals to hire the nurses they need.
Democrats’ plans for public health funding fall far short of what experts say is necessary.
A Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 could be authorized by early November.
Three big questions about booster shots, answered.
Why this winter should be better than the last one.
Inside the upside-down world where Covid-19 vaccines are dangerous and ivermectin is saving lives.
Why some people might need a booster shot right now — and some might not.
Why some people might need Covid-19 booster shots — and some might not.
Labels like “nonessential” are getting in the way of urgent treatments and surgeries. There’s a better way.
Pandemic failures have sometimes led to deadly care rationing.
How most of Europe caught up to — and then surpassed — the US in their Covid-19 vaccine drives.
US testing numbers have been consistently bad because there is no real strategy.
The Florida surge is a microcosm of a summer gone wrong.
Covid-19 vaccines still are effective in preventing hospitalization. But vaccinated people are more likely to get sick than before.
Some of Florida’s most populous counties don’t want their children to get Covid-19.
Child and maternal mortality have fallen dramatically. Now what?
India’s health system was broken. Then the delta surge arrived.
Nurses were struggling even before the pandemic. We have the tools to change that.
Overdose deaths surged during Covid-19. But suicides declined. What happened?
An expert explains why vaccinated people should wear masks in some indoor settings.
What the law says about vaccine mandates, explained.
Don’t dwell on the 2020 dip. Worry about the long-term trend.
Public health crises require a dynamic government that makes quick decisions. GOP judges want to prevent that.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar has proposed changing the internet law Section 230 in order to combat health misinformation.
Covid-19 outbreaks in ICE detention have made vaccinations more urgent.
The most promising frontier in US health policy has nothing to do with doctors or hospitals.
US health care is even further behind other wealthy nations.
The CDC suspects anxiety is behind some negative effects experienced by needle-averse people.
A program called Covax wants to distribute vaccines fairly. Is it working?
The CDC says we can now drop our masks outdoors in some cases. Experts explain where we still need to keep them on.
A partisan split is emerging in America’s vaccination rates, but a lack of accessibility might be an even bigger obstacle to herd immunity.
Access barriers have created a Hispanic vaccination gap.
Air pollution is really bad for kids.
It may still be a while. Here’s what parents can do in the meantime while their kids aren’t vaccinated and others are.
Toddlers and teenagers might have pretty different summers.