Health
Vox’s coverage of all things health, including personal health, public health, mental health, and more.
![The world’s emotional status is actually pretty good, a new global report finds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1531398464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.025138260432378%2C100%2C99.949723479135&w=2400)
But which country comes first in happiness completely changes depending on how you measure.
![The world’s emotional status is actually pretty good, a new global report finds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1531398464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.025138260432378%2C100%2C99.949723479135&w=2400)
But which country comes first in happiness completely changes depending on how you measure.
![Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/VOX-AI_Consciousness-Final-copy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/VOX-AI_Consciousness-Final-copy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
The debate that will steer the future of consciousness — and us.
![MDMA’s federal approval drama, briefly explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1220396031.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![MDMA’s federal approval drama, briefly explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1220396031.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
MDMA looked like it was on a fast track for PTSD treatment. Now, an FDA committee is advising otherwise.
![The bird flu doom loop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1459636363.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The bird flu doom loop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1459636363.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The latest in Health
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Here’s how to keep one from ruining your day.
![Free medical school won’t solve the doctor shortage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-608564332_c559a6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C8.25%2C100%2C83.5&w=2400)
![Free medical school won’t solve the doctor shortage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-608564332_c559a6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C22.166666666667%2C100%2C55.666666666667&w=2400)
Too many Americans can’t find a doctor. Michael Bloomberg is donating $1 billion to Johns Hopkins to try to change that.
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![Energy drinks are everywhere. How dangerous are they?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1265237517.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.1865671641791%2C0%2C99.626865671642%2C100&w=2400)
Originally marketed squarely at young men, they’re now coming for women’s wallets.
![Is your kid addicted to their phone? Here’s how to set smart boundaries.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1875371289.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.621428571429%2C0%2C68.757142857143%2C100&w=2400)
![Is your kid addicted to their phone? Here’s how to set smart boundaries.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1875371289.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.5201883786966%2C100%2C96.959623242607&w=2400)
A definitive guide to managing your children’s tech.
![The controversy over Biden and Parkinson’s disease, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2159611750_a622a0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The controversy over Biden and Parkinson’s disease, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2159611750_a622a0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why speculation over the president’s health refuses to die down.
![America’s obsession with hot dogs, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/How_We_Buy_Hot_Dogs.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
The strange ways we do (and don’t) consume glizzies.
![France’s elections showed a polarized country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160460575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66091160221%2C0%2C66.67817679558%2C100&w=2400)
![France’s elections showed a polarized country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160460575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0086311065078561%2C100%2C99.982737786984&w=2400)
France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
![The most crucial part of next year’s federal budget](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1231531131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.852601156069%2C0%2C68.294797687861%2C100&w=2400)
![The most crucial part of next year’s federal budget](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1231531131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.1919875864015%2C100%2C97.616024827197&w=2400)
The fight to fund Gavi, the international vaccine fund, explained.
![The existential struggle of being Black](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1251264834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.799073154585%2C0%2C66.401853690831%2C100&w=2400)
![The existential struggle of being Black](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1251264834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.19860973187686%2C0%2C99.602780536246%2C100&w=2400)
A conversation with author Nathalie Etoke on Black existentialism and the case for tragic optimism.
![What if absolutely everything is conscious?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/OhniLisle_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Scientists spent ages mocking panpsychism. Now, some are warming to the idea that plants, cells, and even atoms are conscious.
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![What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160473917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0095183704549768%2C100%2C99.98096325909&w=2400)
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
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![If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1412316420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.03004807692308%2C100%2C99.939903846154&w=2400)
The US doesn‘t have federal heat protections. A standard would save lives. As a heat dome suffocates much of the East, it‘s becoming more apparent that we need better standards in the face of climate change.
![America’s international public health plan is too focused on Americans](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1433271120.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.649803971165%2C0%2C66.70039205767%2C100&w=2400)
![America’s international public health plan is too focused on Americans](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1433271120.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.025281253950197%2C100%2C99.9494374921&w=2400)
I spent years in Africa as an epidemiologist. Here’s what I saw.
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![How dangerous is it really to have a baby in America?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1802092951-2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The debate over maternal deaths, explained.
![TikTok is full of bad health “hacks.” Here’s how to navigate them.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1718248545.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=24.996999879995%2C0%2C50.00600024001%2C100&w=2400)
![TikTok is full of bad health “hacks.” Here’s how to navigate them.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1718248545.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.495499819993%2C0%2C75.009000360014%2C100&w=2400)
Beer for a tan? Garlic cloves for sinuses? Don’t fall for the firehose of health BS online.
![I’m pregnant. I’m traveling. I’m terrified.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/travelHeader.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
My family reunion is in South Carolina. Essential care for my high-risk pregnancy is not.
![Pregnancy in America is starting to feel like a crime](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-91497758.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663410822426%2C0%2C66.673178355147%2C100&w=2400)
![Pregnancy in America is starting to feel like a crime](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-91497758.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0048832893837272%2C100%2C99.990233421233&w=2400)
The ripple effects of the fall of Roe extend far beyond abortion.
![What to do (and avoid) in extreme heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24796958/GettyImages_1158241872.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.994892747702%2C0%2C70.010214504597%2C100&w=2400)
![What to do (and avoid) in extreme heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24796958/GettyImages_1158241872.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.3879000097267%2C100%2C95.224199980547&w=2400)
Tips for keeping kids, adults, and the elderly cool and safe — even without air conditioning.
![What two years without Roe looks like, in 8 charts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/FactsOnTheGround_Final_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Americans are confronting a whole new reality of patchwork abortion access after the Dobbs decision.
![This number can measure how dangerous a heat wave is for you](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1742272187.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.650390625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![This number can measure how dangerous a heat wave is for you](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1742272187.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
What is the wet bulb temperature? And why is it so important?
![Drug-resistant bacteria are killing more and more humans. We need new weapons.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/OhniLisle_Vox_Microbes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Drug-resistant bacteria are killing more and more humans. We need new weapons.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/OhniLisle_Vox_Microbes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Scientists are testing futuristic tools to dismantle antibiotic resistance.
![The biggest unknown in psychedelic therapy is not the psychedelics](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/mdma-2-GettyImages-129369291-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![The biggest unknown in psychedelic therapy is not the psychedelics](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/mdma-2-GettyImages-129369291-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
Why critics call the company pushing to legalize MDMA a “therapy cult.”
![What a social media warning label can’t do](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1460738717.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.640625%2C0%2C66.71875%2C100&w=2400)
![What a social media warning label can’t do](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1460738717.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.039032006245115%2C100%2C99.92193598751&w=2400)
What the surgeon general wants to do for kids safety leaves the rest of us behind.
![Do we have Alzheimer’s disease all wrong?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-512298231.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Do we have Alzheimer’s disease all wrong?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-512298231.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Retracted studies and new treatments reveal the confusing state of Alzheimer’s research.
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![How to get the sexual health care you deserve](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/EDIT_GettyImages-1402492805-Converted.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
Advocating for yourself might not be as awkward as you think.
![Korean sunscreen is all the rage. If you’re American, you might be out of luck.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25428627/Vox_Sunscreen_QA.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Lighter, less greasy, more effective sunscreen exists. So what’s the hold up stateside?
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![How Inside Out 2 tackles the science of teenage emotions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/INSIDE-OUT-2-ONLINE-USE-i325_13a_pub.pub16.823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.5791015625%2C0%2C62.841796875%2C100&w=2400)
Talking with the psychologists who brought the real science of emotion to the Pixar film.
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![What your sibling birth order does — and doesn’t — explain](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Marta_Monteiro_birthorder.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Are you destined to always be the “eldest daughter”?
![Common sunscreen myths, debunked](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-521771834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.676245210728%2C0%2C66.647509578544%2C100&w=2400)
![Common sunscreen myths, debunked](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-521771834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.014367816091955%2C0%2C99.971264367816%2C100&w=2400)
Bottom line: Wearing it is still good advice.
![This is your kid on smartphones](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1336588236.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![This is your kid on smartphones](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1336588236.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A Q&A with Jonathan Haidt on smartphones, kids today, and what the skeptics get wrong about his argument.
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Blood-based biopsies could make screening less icky — if we can make them more accurate.
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![This is the world’s best investment](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-585855240.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.20535714285715%2C0%2C99.589285714286%2C100&w=2400)
A new study finds that combating malaria, TB, and HIV pays for itself 405 times over.
![This changed everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/HudsonChristie_Vox_TurningPoints_static_e50056.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=11.510416666667%2C2.6367599493742%2C63.22109375%2C94.833122392537&w=2400)
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Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
![The last 10 years, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/06-BlurbsLede_d4d42b.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.961979166667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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The commodification of an activist concept turned a revitalizing practice into an isolating one.
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