We’re on the verge of a universal allergy cure
If you’re bothered by allergies every spring, you may pop a Benadryl or Claritin most mornings to make the days ...
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The freaky part of allergy season that no one warned you about
Pollen allergy season is getting longer and more intense as the climate changes, creating more misery for allergy sufferers. But ...
Why RFK Jr. wants to ban fluoride in water
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expanding his crusade to turn back the clock on federal ...
Could an inexpensive vaccine help stave off dementia?
Anyone who has watched a loved one descend into the fog of dementia knows the tremendous toll that neurodegenerative diseases ...
More than 1 million people die of tuberculosis every year. They don’t have to.
Humanity’s battle against tuberculosis has been one of slow and imperfect progress. The disease no longer kills one in seven ...
The devastating impact of Trump’s slashing foreign aid, in 3 charts
In about three short months, the Trump administration took a wrecking ball to foreign aid, threatening millions of lives and ...
The Covid pandemic was catastrophic. But don’t overlook what went right.
For most people, the Covid-19 pandemic, which officially began five years ago this month, marked their first encounter with case ...
Killing PEPFAR means killing millions of people
A lot has happened in the last six weeks, to put it mildly, and it can be hard to see ...
What childhood was like before vaccines
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions.In the ...
You need to start taking airborne fungal outbreaks seriously
As our planet gets increasingly warmer, we’re seeing in real-time the myriad of ways our climate is changing: unbearably hot ...
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