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The world’s deadliest infectious disease is on the rise in the US

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

24.03.2026 10

Vox

Shayna Korol

The public health win hiding in plain sight: Poison centers

Accidentally poisoning yourself is much easier than you might think.  Once, I took two antihistamine medications on the same night and panicked when...

23.01.2026 8

Vox

Shayna Korol

50,000 clandestine Starlink terminals are keeping Iranians in touch with the rest of the world

It’s difficult to know exactly what is happening in Iran since the government shut down the internet on January 8, plunging a nation of more than 90...

17.01.2026 20

Vox

Shayna Korol

NASA’s first medical evacuation is here. It won’t be the last.

The first medical evacuation in the history of the International Space Station (ISS) is happening today.  Crew-11 will return to Earth ahead of...

15.01.2026 20

Vox

Shayna Korol

Will AI make research on humans… less human?

If you’re a human, there’s a very good chance you’ve been involved in human subjects research. Maybe you’ve participated in a clinical trial,...

12.12.2025 8

Vox

Shayna Korol

Where lab-made DNA is created — and barely policed

Almost 20 years ago, James Randerson ordered a sequence of smallpox DNA. Smallpox is the only human disease to have ever been successfully eradicated...

10.12.2025 8

Vox

Shayna Korol

Why you should donate blood, briefly explained

Donating money isn’t the only way you can help people. You can also give your blood.  Although approximately 62 percent of Americans are eligible...

02.12.2025 6

Vox

Shayna Korol

Your blood could save up to three lives this Giving Tuesday

Donating money isn’t the only way you can help people. You can also give your blood.  Of the approximately 62 percent of Americans eligible to...

01.12.2025 10

Vox

Shayna Korol

Iran’s Capital Must Relocate Due to Dire Water Situation, President Insists

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tehran is running out of water....

22.11.2025 4

Mother Jones

Shayna Korol

Tehran’s water crisis is a warning for every thirsty city

Tehran is running out of water.  Rationing has begun in Iran’s capital city, with some of the approximately 10 million residents experiencing...

18.11.2025 8

Vox

Shayna Korol

The tragedy of Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth

In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the astronomical research site where Pluto was first discovered — in Flagstaff, Arizona. I stood in...

08.11.2025 9

Vox

Shayna Korol

The challenge of creating brains in a lab

They’re growing miniature 3D brains from stem cells. These aren’t your fictional mad scientists’ brains in a vat; they’re organoids, and they...

31.10.2025 6

Vox

Shayna Korol

There’s a bigger story in the OpenAI for-profit news

Big news for the pursuit of artificial general intelligence — or AI that’s of human-level intelligence across the board. OpenAI, which describes...

29.10.2025 10

Vox

Shayna Korol

There are many ways the world could end. Don’t forget nuclear armageddon.

There’s no shortage of things that could end the world. But between climate change, risks from AI, and biological threats like pandemics, we seem to...

15.10.2025 7

Vox

Shayna Korol

This experiment could end all life. Or it won’t. Should we try it?

It could revolutionize human health — or it could spell our doom. It really depends on who you ask. I’m not talking about potentially risky...

10.10.2025 10

Vox

Shayna Korol

What is the worst-case scenario for AI? California lawmakers want to know.

When it comes to AI, as California goes, so goes the nation. The biggest state in the US by population is also the central hub of AI innovation for...

12.09.2025 8

Vox

Shayna Korol

Human bodies aren’t ready to travel to Mars. Space medicine can help.

One day, Mars might become a home to humans. But first, there’s the cinematic, sci-fi challenge of making the Red Planet suitable for life....

03.09.2025 20

Vox

Shayna Korol