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 coronavirus is just a small part of a bigger story. Animals’ viruses keep causing outbreaks.
Without the mortality rate, it’s hard to decide how to respond and prepare for a worsening outbreak.
The tricky business of disease diplomacy.
Researchers used AI to mine through existing medical information to find drugs that they say might be helpful for tackling the novel coronavirus.
Yes, we shouldn’t panic — but let’s not dismiss people’s worries so easily. There’s still much we don’t know about the virus.
Four ways it could devolve into a dangerous pandemic, and four ways it could steadily improve.
We asked seven experts to weigh in on his State of the Union pledge.
Three major US airlines are suspending all flights to and from mainland China.
Thousands have been sickened by a new coronavirus in more than a dozen countries, including the US.
More than 50 million people have been affected by China’s travel restrictions.
With more than 600 cases in at least seven countries, the agency said it’s “too early” to sound the international alarm.
They’re political theater, not good public health policy.
Use of e-cigarettes, particularly among teens, is rising at the fastest-recorded rate for any substance.
The move could save thousands of lives.
The Gates Foundation brought billions of dollars to the sector — and a business-friendly ethos consultants could exploit.
Why women are 50 percent more likely to be misdiagnosed after a heart attack and 17 percent more likely to die in a car crash.
The plague is still a problem around the world — including in the US.
In the US, one person dies every 15 minutes because of drug resistance.
The lawsuits could force drug manufacturers and distributors to pay for a crisis they helped cause.
The 2019-2020 term is going to be a big one.
If we play our cards right, we can eradicate one of the world’s deadliest diseases within a generation, scientists say.
As new gun control plans fly, here’s a guide to the weapons at the heart of the debate.
It’s a story about alcohol. But it’s also one about roads.
New mothers are dying in the US at rates higher than any other developed country.
America’s anti-alcohol experiment cut down on drinking and drinking-related deaths — and it may have reduced crime and violence overall.
They’re helping sick people in emergencies. But some think they’re a $12 million mistake.
By 2050, 10 million people could die each year from diseases that have grown resistant to drugs.
Osteoporosis could spiral out of control if we don’t get serious about these screening and treatment issues.
The disease is spreading mostly among unvaccinated children, though adults may also be at risk.
Until recently, health officials thought Zika was pretty harmless. Now they think it causes birth defects in newborns.
A new wave of critics say even the most generous billionaires are bad. Are they right?
Public health officials may not be hitting on the right morals in their quest to get all children vaccinated.
New York and Chicago agree: Obesity is a problem. They have really different plans to fix it.
Vaping device use has increased 75 percent since 2017.
A lethal virus has been killing hundreds in West Africa. Follow this ongoing story here.
Sex with these condoms felt better, researchers found in a new study. That could be a huge global health win.
Creating new vaccines will cost billions, but it may be worth it to avoid the next Spanish flu.
What Gates thinks about global poverty, artificial intelligence, political freedom, clean meat, and humanity’s future.
A century ago, the Spanish flu killed more than 50 million people. The world is at risk of another pandemic of similar scale.
Heart disease is responsible for a third of all global deaths, and most of them are in the developing world.