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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 livelihoods around the...

16.03.2025 10

Jessica Craig

Will warning labels on ultra-processed foods make America healthy again?

After decades of lobbying, the US government has finally started taking action to warn consumers about the hazards of ultra-processed foods: your...

05.03.2025 4

Jessica Craig

What happens to the money when I round up at the register?

Vox reader Ben Kutcher asks: What happens to the money when I round up at the register? Are these real charities? Who gets credit for the donation? Is...

26.02.2025 4

Jessica Craig

I work in global health. Trump ditching the World Health Organization might be the wake-up call it needs.

Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump took a set of thick, black permanent markers and signed a sweeping set of executive orders that...

17.02.2025 10

Jessica Craig

Eggs are pricey again. What’s the government doing about it?

Bird flu is surging in the US again and has, once again, sent egg prices skyrocketing. Nearly 13 million birds have been infected or culled in the...

26.01.2025 10

Jessica Craig

Have we cured AIDS?

Vox reader Burak Ova asks: What is HIV and what is AIDS? How is it transmitted? What are the prevention methods? Is there a cure? Human...

22.01.2025 5

Jessica Craig

Giving healthy kids antibiotics saves lives. There’s a catch.

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month,...

26.12.2024 5