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 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?
Even Trump is fast-tracking this innovative new drug. What could go wrong?
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.
Trump is blaming Tylenol for autism. Here’s the context he’s missing.
The do’s and don’ts of asking an AI for health advice.
Kennedy’s support is fracturing. The childhood vaccine schedule could break it.
The year child malnutrition flipped, in one chart.
How MAHA gets American history wrong.
Zeke Emanuel on RFK Jr. and the crisis of faith in public health.
Vaccine guidance has never been more confusing. Here’s how to navigate it.
The US eradicated screwworm. Its return could cost America billions.
Even some Republican senators seem to be getting fed up with Trump’s health secretary.
Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.
Trump brought us the Covid vaccine. Now he’s trying to take it away.
The CDC is collapsing. Will America’s health follow suit?
Here’s how this African country is winning the fight against childhood HIV.
US vaccine consensus has officially shattered.
Jessica Knurick explains how to counter MAHA when no one trusts experts.
Millions more people will be taking a GLP-1 soon. What’s the catch?
Cash transfers can save lives. Just not very cost-effectively.
My brain hurts.
Extreme heat is increasing the prevalence of a disease that hits low-income people the hardest.
Science says that even moderate drinking is bad for you — and Americans are listening.
mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives. RFK Jr. is attacking them anyway.
Why this obscure survey has life-or-death stakes, and what its future could look like.
We have a long way to go in understanding the brain injury implicated in the NYC shooting.
Banning food dye is inconsequential when environmental pollution is killing us.
The Jeffrey Epstein story has swallowed the country whole.
The health care consequences of Trump’s budget bill are already here.
Finally, a painless IUD insertion?
Despite what your social media feed might say, microwaves are safe.
Are summer camps and family vacations going to be hot beds for measles?
AI could make bioweapons more dangerous. It could also be the key to stopping them.