Health Care
Vox’s coverage of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare-for-all, emergency room fees, and everything else you need to know about the health care industry.
Search-and-rescue responders have powerful new ways of recovering from trauma.
The pandemic revealed the flaws in the FDA’s risk assessments.
Most people don’t need a fourth Covid-19 shot yet. But for some, it’s very important.
“We are really working day and night” to figure out long Covid, one researcher said.
The pandemic has been hell for health care workers. It’s also given them new leverage with their employers.
Breyer’s best work was often the work you never knew about.
Deaths tell one story of the pandemic. The lives saved tell another.
The very real psychiatric term has become so omnipresent in pop culture that some experts worry it’s losing its meaning.
If you’ve had (or currently have) Covid-19, here’s what you should know about long Covid symptoms and care.
Why would getting reimbursed for Covid-19 testing ever involve a freaking fax machine?
An epidemiologist on the health risks of the omicron variant, child care issues, and the unique pandemic struggles of working parents.
Three factors make it hard for the US to respond nimbly to new pandemic threats.
This terrible Covid and flu season is a preview of the post-pandemic normal.
Why are public health officials so bad at talking to us?
The state is facing worryingly high hospitalizations, staff shortages, and dwindling ICU beds.
At-home tests work with omicron, but there are caveats.
Brnovich v. Isaacson could trigger a flood of decisions reinstating long-dead anti-abortion laws.
The pandemic has only accelerated a decline in US birth rates, even as immigration has plummeted.
Forecasting what’s shaping up to be another bumpy year.
Our batting average in forecasting 2021.
There are not two Americas when it comes to omicron.
A 1-minute mindfulness practice helped settle my ADHD-addled mind.
More than a year after Trump’s defeat, Biden is forced to share power with increasingly partisan judges.
Both metrics are important, but all of our data doesn’t matter if we don’t do anything with it.
Rapid tests are sold out everywhere, and help might not come until next year.
Covid-19 exposed many of the flaws in the US health care system. Congress might not do anything to fix them.
If you’re hoping for the best but still want to plan for the worst, there are things you can do now.
Omicron — and short-staffed hospitals — could force the US to rethink isolation rules.
My trees need me and, in truth, I need them.
There is no grand plan for stopping omicron — but that doesn’t mean we’re powerless.
There are worse things than a hypocritical Court.
We know lots of Americans skipped their second Covid-19 shot. We just don’t know exactly how many.
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion is sneaky, underhanded, and a big blow to abortion rights.
One of the country’s top health journalists on omicron, early case and hospitalization data, and the West’s travel bans.
From the dangers of pregnancy to the trauma of adoption, there’s a lot SCOTUS has not acknowledged as Roe v. Wade hangs in the balance.
The US health system’s racial inequities will still be felt after Covid-19 becomes endemic.
The pandemic refuses to quit. What can the White House do about it?
These 5 leading indicators will help experts figure out how much of a threat omicron really is.
The CDC is encouraging Covid-19 booster shots now while we wait on more omicron variant data. Here’s why.
Republicans have long promised to appoint justices who will overrule Roe. They’ve probably succeeded.