Pratik Pawar
Future Perfect fellow
Pratik Pawar is a fellow for Future Perfect, Vox’s section on making the world a better place. He reports on global health, science, and biomedicine, focusing on how policies and systems shape progress and who gets to benefit.
Previously, he worked as a freelance journalist, and his work has been published by Science, Nature, Undark, the Atlantic, and others. He also held fellowships at the Open Notebook, AAAS EurekAlert!, and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Before journalism, Pratik studied biotechnology and worked in India’s pharmaceutical industry. He will graduate from MIT with a master’s degree in science writing in fall 2025.
You can reach him securely on Signal at pratik.11 or drop him a line over email at pratik.pawar@voxmedia.com. He lurks on Twitter at @pratikmpawar.
Latest articles by Pratik Pawar
Why the $14 drug could reshape global health.
Revealed in one chart.
RFK Jr. wanted parents to question the science. A study of 12 million newborns shows they listened.
Both parties just approved billions for lifesaving aid abroad. Will Trump actually spend it?
What if researchers didn’t have to start from scratch every time?
Here’s what ChatGPT Health can actually tell you — and what it can’t.
New York City’s congestion pricing experiment, explained in one chart.
From the state of democracy to the chance of a recession, here’s what could happen in 2026.
No one wants to make it.
Supporting groups that work on malaria, lead poisoning, and other health issues can make a big difference with just a little money.