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Vox’s coverage of all things health, including personal health, public health, mental health, and more.
And why fitness culture is a quintessentially American invention.
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.
There are 90,000 supplements on the market. Do they actually work?
Science says that even moderate drinking is bad for you — and Americans are listening.
Nostalgia is lying to you about how good things were.
Today’s trend goes back way further than the modern influencer.
When curing disease is bad for the federal budget.
The cutting-edge of neurotech can read your mind. Sort of.
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.
Tips for keeping kids, adults, and the elderly cool and safe — even without air conditioning.
Some of us are much more sensitive than others.
The Jeffrey Epstein story has swallowed the country whole.
Officials and pilots are discouraging speculation. The preliminary investigation, however, is stark.
Medical devices in the brain are already making a difference for countless patients.
The health care consequences of Trump’s budget bill are already here.
Why a good night’s rest is so hard to come by.
Finally, a painless IUD insertion?
The internet hates Botox and fillers — but only when they don’t look good.
Despite what your social media feed might say, microwaves are safe.
The future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?
How a common birth control method became the center of a reckoning.
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.
The cardiac miracles that have saved millions of American lives.
Republicans are at varying levels of misleading, avoidance, or denial about this.
The $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts will be felt by all Americans.
Beware of the biting midge.
How 20,000 steps became a new sign of wellness.
The world’s war on child death was going well. Then RFK Jr. came along.
Obsessing over your fitness tracker might make you feel awful.
Anti-vaxxers are coming for health recommendations parents rely on.