Public Health
Do soda taxes fight obesity? How did Juul hook American teens? Vox tackles all your questions about public health issues and trends.
There are still things you can do to save yourself — and others.
RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.
It’s also a contradictory mess.
Recent changes to federal health policy will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
The CDC is recommending fewer vaccines for kids.
From the state of democracy to the chance of a recession, here’s what could happen in 2026.
Yes, there is a downside to GLP-1 drugs — if you aren’t careful.
Doctors reflect on how the virus’s resurgence has affected their patients and themselves in 2025: “It’s been insane.”
How politics, not parasites, became the biggest threat in the fight against malaria
Less than Americans’ holiday shopping, actually.
No one wants to make it.
America’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.
The historic increase in global child deaths, explained in one chart.
As vaccination rates slide, there are still ways you can protect yourself from cold, flu, RSV, and Covid this year.
Supporting groups that work on malaria, lead poisoning, and other health issues can make a big difference with just a little money.
One of humanity’s biggest achievements may be slipping away.
How doctors learned to stop childhood food allergies.
The former Louisiana surgeon general has shared debunked theories about vaccines and autism.
Many Americans have high blood pressure and do not even know it.
RFK Jr. and his supporters are asking the wrong questions about these medications.
Why the Trump administration is cutting out a country that needs it most.
Who’s really in charge on health policy?
Meet the heroes keeping global progress alive.
The “pharmacy of the world” needs to reinvent itself.
These women save countless lives every year. We need more of them.
CEO Alexander Berger on how the funder’s second act aims to show that effective giving can scale up
We’ve forgotten how radical household appliances are.
The end of pandemics is within reach. Why aren’t we acting like it?
My eyes are part of my body. Why do I have separate vision benefits?
One of the Democrats’ best political issues is to defend to Affordable Care Act. Is it worth defending?
The decline of one of America’s biggest health crises, in two charts.
The panic over lead in protein powder got the risk totally wrong.
From Maldives to the Democratic Republic of Congo, there has been stunning progress in tackling diseases.
More cities are finally choosing bikes over cars.
The CDC has lost one-third of its staff this year. What now?
And can Trump actually do something about it?
Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries
A more complicated picture is emerging. Here’s what to know.
Informal recycling is deadly — and relatively simple to fix.
A pediatrician on why we should trust the vaccine schedule — even when Trump officials don’t.