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Jess Craig

Jess Craig

Future Perfect Fellow

Jess Craig is a Future Perfect fellow covering global public health, science, and environment. Previously, she worked as an infectious diseases epidemiologist and global health security adviser supporting various US government agencies, multilateral organizations, and private research institutes.

Jess has worked as a multimedia freelance journalist and foreign correspondent covering emerging technologies, development, Indigenous communities, and neglected conflicts and crises. In 2020, Jess was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media fellow. In 2021, she received a Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists grant to report on the impacts of climate change and illegal commercial concessions in the Congo.

Jess holds undergraduate degrees in microbiology and English writing and a graduate degree in public health. She can be reached at jessica.craig@vox.com.

Latest articles by Jess Craig

Zika is still spreading. Why don’t we have a vaccine yet?Zika is still spreading. Why don’t we have a vaccine yet?
Future Perfect

Preventing the disease can improve the quality of life for thousands.

By Jess Craig
An Ebola-like virus is spreading in Rwanda. Why isn’t there an approved vaccine for Marburg?An Ebola-like virus is spreading in Rwanda. Why isn’t there an approved vaccine for Marburg?
Future Perfect

Rwandan public health officials have a strategy that could help prevent further outbreaks.

By Jess Craig
An alternative to antibiotics could work wonders in Africa. It isn’t being used.
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Bacteria-eating viruses might be able to fight antibiotic resistance where new treatments are most needed.

By Jess Craig
A big fire at a lab near Atlanta spewed chemicals into the air. Here’s what we know.A big fire at a lab near Atlanta spewed chemicals into the air. Here’s what we know.
Climate

The Georgia chemical plant fire, explained.

By Jess Craig and Sam Delgado
Chronic diseases cause 75 percent of all deaths globally. The toll is likely to rise.Chronic diseases cause 75 percent of all deaths globally. The toll is likely to rise.
Future Perfect

How diseases like cancer and diabetes are growing, explained in four charts.

By Jess Craig
What are ultra-processed foods and why are they bad for you?
The Highlight

From granola bars to chips, more studies are revealing that UPFs are tied to diseases like cancer and depression.

By Jess Craig
Antibiotics are failing. The US has a plan to launch a research renaissance.
Future Perfect

But there might be global consequences.

By Jess Craig
Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again.Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again.
Future Perfect

A first case outside of the continent has been detected in Sweden. What’s next?

By Jess Craig
Africa is beating HIV. But the rest of the world is falling behind.Africa is beating HIV. But the rest of the world is falling behind.
Future Perfect

Now isn’t the time to stop funding key public health programs.

By Jess Craig
America’s international public health plan is too focused on AmericansAmerica’s international public health plan is too focused on Americans
Future Perfect

I spent years in Africa as an epidemiologist. Here’s what I saw.

By Jess Craig

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