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Public Health

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The Aftermath

By Vox Staff June 30

Health care in jails and prisons is terrible. The pandemic made it even worse.

By Victoria Law June 28

The end of Roe will mean more children living in poverty

By Dylan Scott June 24

The dire health consequences of denying abortions, explained

By Dylan Scott June 24

How the US got so dependent on baby formula

By Dylan Scott June 17

A new study claims Medicare-for-all could have saved more than 200,000 lives during the pandemic

By Dylan Scott June 16

Yes, monkeypox is a real threat — but risk level varies

By Keren Landman June 9

Guns do more than kill

By Keren Landman June 6

Politics & Policy

When hospitals value nurses as much as jello

Hospitals don’t profit off having good nurses. That’s a big problem.

By Dylan Scott June 6

What would it mean to treat guns the way we treat cars?

By Muizz Akhtar June 5

New York’s attorney general calls out Verizon for spreading Legionnaires’ disease

By Rebecca Heilweil June 4

Why there’s still a formula shortage

By Dylan Scott June 2

How bad could the monkeypox outbreak get?

By Keren Landman May 27

How America fails children

By Dylan Scott May 26

What we know so far about monkeypox

By Keren Landman May 23

Pandemic school reopenings were not just about politics

By Rachel M. Cohen May 23

Stronger public health systems and uniform messaging are critical to fight Covid-19

By Natasha Ishak May 22

“A lot of unnecessary loss of life”: The White House’s dire warning on Covid-19 funding

By Dylan Scott May 19

Carrick Flynn may be 2022’s unlikeliest candidate. Here’s why he’s running.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg and Dylan Matthews May 14

Why baby formula is in short supply — and who is most at risk

By Dylan Scott May 12

3 pandemic metrics that could tell us what’s next

By Dylan Scott April 29

The faulty foundation of our new post-pandemic normal

By Dylan Scott April 25

Welcome to the choose-your-own-adventure phase of the pandemic

By Dylan Scott April 20

It’s time to think outside the mask mandate

By Keren Landman April 15

The secrets hidden in sewage

By Dylan Scott April 13

What the media needs to get right in the next pandemic

By Kelsey Piper April 10

Can we 3D print a better face mask?

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg April 8

The good and bad news about the current Covid-19 wave

By Dylan Scott April 7

How sewage can warn us about the next pandemic

By Muizz Akhtar April 6

Congress is cutting corners on Covid-19 funding. We may pay for it later.

By Dylan Scott April 5

The Biden administration is ending a controversial border policy

By Nicole Narea April 2

How Black North Carolinians pay the price for the world’s cheap bacon

By Jamie Berger April 1

Who should get a fourth Covid-19 vaccine shot — and when?

By Dylan Scott March 31

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access

By Keren Landman March 16

Is the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic behind us? We asked 8 experts.

By Keren Landman, Umair Irfan, and 1 more March 2

4 lessons from the life of global health visionary Paul Farmer

By Keren Landman February 25

2 big reasons America’s booster rates are lagging

By Dylan Scott February 24

What can actually convince vaccine skeptics to get their shots

By Dylan Scott February 17

The health system isn’t ready for an advanced cancer surge

By Dylan Scott February 14

Is the FDA too cautious?

By Jerusalem Demsas February 10