Public Health
Do soda taxes fight obesity? How did Juul hook American teens? Vox tackles all your questions about public health issues and trends.
Isolation policies haven’t stopped Covid’s worst outcomes. Other, better policies might.
Faked cancer data is the latest sign of science’s fraud problem.
Reckless speeding is epidemic in the US. This simple technology could save tens of thousands of lives.
There’s a stalemate over stopping future pandemics — and it comes down to money.
Israel’s raid on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis might break international humanitarian law.
Car crashes are killing too many young Africans like Kelvin Kiptum.
Opioid addiction doesn’t get as many headlines as it used to, but the crisis is as bad as ever. It doesn’t have to be.
In the 21st century, famine isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice.
The lifesaving revolution in widespread medical testing for infants.
The no good, very bad case against malaria bednets, explained.
With foreign aid increasingly uncertain, Africa wants to tackle disease emergencies on its own.
Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives.
PEPFAR saved millions of people from AIDS. Don’t let it die.
How to prevent and treat colds, the flu, Covid-19, and more.
Solving the congenital syphilis crisis means investing in rural maternity care.
A decades-long digital turf war’s consequences for Indigenous communities, explained.
Volunteers could speed up the race for a cure that works for adults as well as children.
Jones expanded the United States’ global development reach. Now she’s fighting for a healthier climate.
The World Mosquito Fund aims to end many mosquito-borne illnesses.
Named after her daughter, the Zuri Nzilani Foundation hopes to end maternal mortality.
As editor of BMJ Global Health, Abimbola aims to decentralize global health research.
The pair’s nonprofit, Suvita, is boosting child vaccination rates in India.
Teran worries the government isn’t doing enough to address biosecurity risks. She’s pushing to change that.
Matsheng and Angrist founded the nonprofit Youth Impact, which turns education research into action.
Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?
What good is a miraculous vaccine if nobody wants to take it?
How maternity care deserts are leading to a spike in infant syphilis and mortality rates.
From Pain Hustlers to Dopesick to The Fall of the House of Usher, filmmakers are fascinated by the epidemic. But what are they saying?
A crisis of confusion is making health care more expensive for many Americans.
The most befuddling tax break in the US health care system, explained.
The CDC is getting close to recommending it to prevent STIs like chlamydia and syphilis.
Medicaid unwinding’s terrible toll, explained in 4 charts.
Americans shouldn’t take a malaria-free future for granted.
Katalin Karikó co-won a Nobel Prize this week for her groundbreaking work on mRNA vaccines — but she had to fight against professional science to do it.
The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else.
US providers are underusing the drug — and not just in high-risk people.
Free Covid tests are back — and new vaccines are at your local pharmacy too.
How Bangladesh removed lead from turmeric spice — and saved lives.
Primary care is the foundation of American medicine — and it’s withering.
DEEP VZN aimed to discover viruses in wildlife that could threaten humans, but the risks weren’t worth the rewards.