Public Health
Do soda taxes fight obesity? How did Juul hook American teens? Vox tackles all your questions about public health issues and trends.
Experts on safer (and riskier) ways to see friends and family, keep kids busy, and give back — in a raging pandemic.
It depends on where you live.
“We’re getting to another level of access to timely testing, and hopefully that trend is going to continue.”
What we can learn from the initial phase of vaccinating health care workers in the US.
Take this quiz to guess how Americans behave.
Why experts doubt new curfews will slow the spread of Covid-19.
A new Pew survey found 41 percent of people said they were not very likely to talk to a public health official about the coronavirus.
Deaths from all causes — not just Covid-19 — are up since the pandemic started, a CDC report found.
One researcher says we are “playing Russian roulette.”
Tens of thousands of women die and hundreds of thousands of babies are stillborn due to malaria. We can do better.
Two scientists explain the public health risks posed by factory farms — and how we might solve the problem.
“Any one of us could unknowingly be a superspreader.”
Biden cited a horrific statistic to make his case against Trump. The worst part is it’s true.
Most recently, Disney announced delays to many of its films, including Black Widow and West Side Story.
We don’t need people with the (largely preventable) flu flooding our hospitals in a pandemic.
A new testing strategy prioritizes infectiousness instead of infections.
A medical anthropologist on why the coronavirus response is so controversial in her hometown.
The pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals in the state’s lowest-income, primarily Hispanic communities.
Smarter testing could help save the US pandemic response.
Texas has become another cautionary tale amid the pandemic.
Trump and his officials have consistently ignored or tried to discredit scientists like Fauci.
The Obama administration cracked down on nursing homes with infection control problems. Trump reversed course.
Have these states seen a spike because of their economic reopenings?
Whether or not your state has already been hit hard by Covid-19, there is still reason for concern.
Protesting during a pandemic is a risk. But so is the status quo of police violence.
Black people make up a disproportionate share of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the state, but not deaths.
A new book explains how corporations create a climate of doubt around science and expertise.
It’s complicated.
The US needs tens of thousands of “disease detectives” to safely reopen the economy.
“These people are clotting, and we can’t shut it off.”
Listen to everything from what it’s like to be quarantined to America’s level preparedness for Covid-19.
Thousands of volunteers in “mutual aid” groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.
Five questions about the World Health Organization’s role in the coronavirus pandemic, answered.
Covid-19 is disproportionately affecting black and brown communities in New York and elsewhere. Air pollution seems to be one reason why.
It’s one of the best ways to prevent Covid-19 — and you’re probably doing it wrong.
Assume that everyone at the hospital has Covid-19 until proven otherwise.
States are scrambling to adequately staff the hardest-hit hospitals.
Rural communities “tend to be older, with more chronic illness,” making people more at risk of severe Covid-19.
New York City is staggering to keep up with the coronavirus pandemic.
Why our aging population might be ignoring our pleas to isolate themselves.