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 biggest sports gambling season ever is kicking off. Are states ready for the consequences?
In just a few days, drugstores like Walgreens will have it in stock, for everyone. Here’s how to use it, and who it will help.
Patients stand to save a lot of money.
The virus is surging again. Here’s how to be your own contact tracer if you get sick.
This painful, mosquito-borne virus could spread even more if new innovations can’t scale.
Jeanne Marrazzo’s appointment as NIAID director raises hopes the US will take steps to address a burgeoning crisis.
Scientists are reporting increasing insecticide resistance among American Culex mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus to humans.
Why cases of alpha-gal syndrome are on the rise.
What to make of the uptick of Covid-19 this summer — and what to expect this winter.
What to know about the new RSV antibody shot.
The cases, identified in Florida and Texas, raise a lot of questions.
Get ready for an earful about the health risks of Diet Coke, Trident gum, Equal, and other sugar-free items.
FDA approval for Opill is historic. But how much will it cost?
Outlawing homosexuality has forced health care underground.
The new treatment approved by the FDA is a big deal. Can the US health system handle it?
Malaria kills half a million people a year in Africa. We can prevent that — if we act fast enough.
The myths and questions doctors are hearing from patients about Ozempic.
The doctor shortage is already here, but there’s a way to fix it.
How to have better conversations about contentious scientific subjects.
Kennedy, an anti-vaxxer of storied Democratic pedigree, isn’t a serious challenger to Biden — but he’s getting some traction.
When identity gets criminalized, everyone gets hurt.
Most insurers don’t cover weight loss drugs. But can they afford not to?
The new breast cancer screening recommendations for women over 40 are surprisingly fraught.
Medicaid’s “Great Unwinding” is even worse than experts expected.
A hidden experiment in universal health care is about to end.
Fears of an AI future are taking up all our focus. But we shouldn’t forget present-day problems like global health and poverty
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants more mental health resources after the Allen mall mass shooting. It’s not a real solution.
3 takeaways about the current state of the pandemic.
And more RSV vaccines are on the way.
Forty-three years ago this week, the world was officially declared free of smallpox — but that should only be the beginning.
A new report finds a lack of connection is killing us — and suggests ways to fix it.
The bipartisan Fostering Innovation in Global Development Act would promote foreign aid programs with a rigorous evidence base.
The GOP’s backup plan to slow down medication abortion, explained.
Rising demand has collided with restricted supply — with consequences for millions of patients.
Dead fish, closed beaches, and itchy eyes don’t make for a great spring break vacation.
Some families are still spending thousands of dollars per year on lifesaving medication. Policymakers are finally doing something about it.
Starting April 1, states will begin removing millions of people off Medicaid as its pandemic-era expansion expires
The FDA’s approval of the first over-the-counter nasal spray against opioid overdose is a good step. But much more needs to be done to fight the opioid crisis.
Guns kill more young Americans than cars now, but it doesn’t have to be that way.