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Paige Vega

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Editorial director @vox.com | Science, climate, health, culture, and the big ideas shaping our future.

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Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I became very angsty about the great dying of vegan restaurants after my neighborhood spot announced its closure this month. I wanted to know whether this is a real trend (& found that it's indeed probably real) & to what degree it actually matters for the animal movement, beyond 1/
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Where did all the vegan restaurants go?
And what does it mean for the plant-based movement?
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Vox @vox.com · 30/09/2026
Junk journaling is a great way to cope with digital malaise and existential dread. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
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The free, lightly feral hobby that will help you stop doomscrolling
Junk journaling is a great way to cope with digital malaise and existential dread.
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Vox @vox.com · 30/09/2026
The astonishing gap between America’s fastest- and slowest-building cities. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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How can we create more Indianapolises and fewer San Franciscos?
The astonishing gap between America’s fastest- and slowest-building cities.
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Vox @vox.com · 24/08/2026
You can give part of your liver away while you're still alive, but we need better medical infrastructure if we're going to make the most of them. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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This transplant surgery could save countless lives. Why aren’t we doing more of them?
You can give part of your liver away while you’re still alive, but we need better medical infrastructure if we’re going to make the most of them.
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Vox @vox.com · 19/08/2026
The crisis reveals a forgotten variable in the health equation: energy. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Cuba has plenty of doctors. So why is its healthcare system collapsing?
The crisis reveals a forgotten variable in the health equation: energy.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hi folks! I'm back to work after maternity leave (and a big move! I'm based in Golden, Colorado, now). I'm also excited to share that I've stepped into a new role as Editorial Director at @vox.com
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hi folks, consider this my away message: I recently had a baby! For the next few months, I’ll be on maternity leave from @vox.com I’ll be back in late July and will be slowly ramping up our climate, biodiversity, health and science freelance projects after that time.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New story from me exploring complicated feelings around skimo's Winter Olympic debut, backcountry skiing, rural mountain lifestyles and climate change ✨ *Gift link* www.vox.com/climate/4795... @vox.com @coveringclimatenow.org @climatedesk.org @sejorg.bsky.social @uprootproject.bsky.social
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
In a study published today, researchers reported that the ideal conditions for major wildfires are now aligning across different parts of the world at more than double the rate they did 50 years ago. @umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4795...
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Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires
Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are...syncing up?
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Vox @vox.com · 12/02/2026
First, lawsuits. www.vox.com/climate/4789...
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Trump just blew up a load-bearing pillar of climate regulation in the US. What happens now?
First, lawsuits.
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Vox @vox.com · 10/02/2026
A baby bat getting a bubble bath might be the cutest thing we’ve ever seen 🥹🦇 That’s just a normal day at Tolga Bat Hospital, a treatment center for Australia’s injured and orphaned flying foxes.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
At Australia's bat hospital, volunteers bottle-feed flying foxes injured by heat waves, ticks, barbed wire. It’s too cute (PHOTOS!) — and a reminder that protecting wildlife is inseparable from protecting the ecosystems *we all* depend on. @benjij.bsky.social /@vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4780...
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Meet the unbearably cute patients at this one-of-a-kind hospital for bats
See inside Tolga Bat Hospital, a place for Australia’s injured and orphaned flying foxes.
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izzie ramirez @izzieramirez.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Here's a gift link to the @vox.com piece I wrote explaining eight of the biggest, cultural, "if you know, you know" moments of Bad Bunny's halftime show www.vox.com/culture/4784...
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Bad Bunny’s knockout halftime show, explained by a Puerto Rican
All of the cultural Easter eggs you might have missed.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This is a great piece 💙 @izzieramirez.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/culture/4784...
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Bad Bunny’s unapologetically American Super Bowl show
All of the cultural Easter eggs you might have missed, explained.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Don't sleep on the shingles vaccine, y'all. @dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47776...
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We have a miraculous anti-aging vaccine. Why aren’t more people getting it?
Research has found that a routine vaccine slows aging and cut dementia risk.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Trump's new fire agency is off to a shaky start. @umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4777...
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Trump’s new Wildland Fire Service is failing to ignite
Wildfires are a growing threat. Do we need a new federal agency to help?
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Government risk maps are too coarse for the way wildfire works now. But new tools powered by AI are giving us a clearer picture. @umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4769...
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America’s wildfire risk data quietly puts millions of homes in danger
Federal models keep missing homes that burn. A new AI tool zooms in.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New research reveals a wrinkle of hope for polar bears in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4768...
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Something very unexpected is happening to Norway’s polar bears
Scientists are baffled by the results from new Arctic research.
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Longreads @longreads.com · 26/01/2026
"Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef has been called the largest reproductive event on Earth, and, in more colorful terms, 'the world’s largest orgasm.'" @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4754...
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Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef — except the one thing that matters
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep an iconic ecosystem alive.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Icy spells sneak up on us, posing a greater challenge to forecasters and leaving little time to prepare compared to slower-moving extremes like heat waves. @umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4761...
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Why forecasters struggled to see this extreme winter storm coming
The tricky science behind why cold snaps sneak up on us.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
💥 Big feature out today from @benjij.bsky.social — an exclusive look into the most ambitious effort humanity has ever launched to save an ecosystem, sourced from his field reporting at Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Don't miss this one. (No paywall) www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
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Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef — except the one thing that matters
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep an iconic ecosystem alive.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
💥 Big feature out today from @benjij.bsky.social — an exclusive look into the most ambitious effort humanity has ever launched to save an ecosystem, sourced from his field reporting at Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Don't miss this one. (No paywall) www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
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Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef — except the one thing that matters
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep an iconic ecosystem alive.
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Dylan Scott @dylanlscott.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics study www.vox.com/health/47530...
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We have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics study
Microplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/01/2026
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless [via @vox.com]
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In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless
How the agency’s new math favors polluters over people.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The EPA is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people. @umairfan.bsky.social spoke w/ several experts, including former EPA officials, and indeed, the change will likely lead to worsening air quality and harm public health. www.vox.com/climate/4751... @vox.com
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Trump’s EPA is setting the value of human health to $0
The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The race to publish results may have produced weak evidence — and unnecessary panic — about plastics inside the human body. From our friends at @climatedesk.org and @theguardian.com www.vox.com/climate/4750... @vox.com
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So our brains aren’t full of microplastics after all?
The research on microplastics in our bodies is terrifying. It might also be wrong.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Ahead of the release of the new dietary guidelines, the Trump admin buried a government study that provided the clearest evidence yet of the harms of alcohol. Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption. @dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
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Dr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.
RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.
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Vox @vox.com · 09/01/2026
Is inflammation really the root of all of our health problems? What's the difference between "good" inflammation and "bad inflammation"? Join @dylanlscott.bsky.social on Reddit right now as he answers all of your questions about inflammation 👇🤖
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Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Some early takes said the new food guidelines weren't too bad, but you always gotta dig deeper to really understand what MAHA is doing. So much going on here is chaos but most notably the new guidance makes an aggressive turn toward centering animal-based foods www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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The new food pyramid is lying to you
It’s also a contradictory mess.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Ahead of the release of the new dietary guidelines, the Trump admin buried a government study that provided the clearest evidence yet of the harms of alcohol. Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption. @dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
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Dr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.
RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.
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Dylan Scott @dylanlscott.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Hey! I'll be hanging out over on Reddit in 15 minutes, talking about our newsletter (sign up!), the health care beat, and anything else you'd like! Check it out: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
When faster than ever still isn't fast enough: @umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4744...
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Why almost none of the homes burned in LA have been rebuilt since last year’s fires
Wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. In LA County, just 7 have been rebuilt.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Hi friends! Some news! Today, @dylanlscott.bsky.social and I launched Good Medicine, a weekly newsletter for anyone trying to make sense of their health in a moment of shaky science, viral wellness claims, and political whiplash. Sign up! www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
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Vox @vox.com · 08/01/2026
It seems like wherever you look, someone is telling you how to reduce your inflammation, from influencers on your TikTok feed or Instagram reels to even US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 🧵
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Dylan Scott @dylanlscott.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Inflammation is on everybody's minds these days. But the social media remedies miss the complex biology underneath. I tried to get a picture of what the real, evidence-based future of managing inflammation looks like. Here's what I found: www.vox.com/health/47438...
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The problem with blaming everything on inflammation
What your favorite TikTok influencer gets right — and wrong — about this widespread concern.
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Vox @vox.com · 07/01/2026
The sudden slashing of the pediatric vaccine schedule is just one of several new or expected changes to federal health policy that will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
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MAHA’s latest offensive
Recent changes to federal health policy will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
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Dylan Scott @dylanlscott.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We're launching a new newsletter, Good Medicine, on a simple premise: These are chaotic times, with so much distrust and confusion around our health and our health care system. So our goal is to help all of us navigate through the cacophony, together: www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
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Sign up for the Good Medicine newsletter | Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
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Eric Levitz @ericlevitz.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
In truth, Trump's war in Venezuela does not actually serve the American oil industry's interests. It might nonetheless be motivated by oil, but only because Trump personally loves the idea of pillaging conquered lands www.vox.com/politics/473...
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Vox @vox.com · 05/01/2026
No. Also, maybe. www.vox.com/politics/473...
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Did Trump really invade Venezuela for oil?
No. Also, maybe.
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Vox @vox.com · 05/01/2026
The long, fascinating history of US entanglement with the Venezuelan industry. www.vox.com/today-explai...
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America’s century-long interest in Venezuelan oil
The long, fascinating history of US entanglement with the Venezuelan industry.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
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Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
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Vox @vox.com · 02/01/2026
We’re launching a new newsletter! 🩺💛 Good Medicine, written by Vox senior correspondent Dylan Scott, helps you navigate your own health and better understand the system and people shaping it today. Sign up here: www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
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Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
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Vox @vox.com · 31/12/2025
8 ways the administration has undermined data collection this year. www.vox.com/climate/4737...
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Inside Trump’s “no data, just vibes” approach to science
8 ways the administration has undermined data collection this year.
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Vox @vox.com · 01/01/2026
Why we should aspire to eat less meat like it’s 2019. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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One of the most impactful resolutions you can make in the new year
Why we should aspire to eat less meat like it’s 2019.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The Trump admin has gone far beyond its predecessors, cutting entire data-collection programs while putting ideologues in charge of fact-finding — all while pressuring agencies to support preordained conclusions. www.vox.com/climate/4737... @vox.com
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Inside Trump’s “no data, just vibes” approach to science
8 ways the administration has undermined data collection this year.
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Vox @vox.com · 29/12/2025
Vox staff picks for favorite stories of the year, from Madagascar’s coral reefs to Hungary’s lessons for the US. www.vox.com/today-explai...
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10 of the best Vox stories of 2025
Vox staff picks for favorite stories of the year, from Madagascar’s coral reefs to Hungary’s lessons for the US.
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Vox @vox.com · 30/12/2025
Yes, there is a downside to GLP-1 drugs — if you aren't careful. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
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People taking Ozempic are losing muscle mass — and it’s freaking them out
Yes, there is a downside to GLP-1 drugs — if you aren’t careful.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Who actually gets help after a climate disaster? As public recovery systems erode, access to rebuilding increasingly depends on wealth, connections — and a few private companies. @vox.com via our partners @grist.org / @climatedesk.org: www.vox.com/climate/4735...
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In America, surviving a disaster increasingly depends on what you can afford
Disaster capitalism isn’t theoretical anymore.
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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
In 2025, more than 1,900 measles cases have been diagnosed — the most in more than 30 years. “It only takes one generation to forget the progress we’ve made," one doctor told @vox.com's @dylanlscott.bsky.social. www.vox.com/health/47333...
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Dylan Scott @dylanlscott.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Measles came back because, paradoxically, our public health efforts worked so well. People lost their fear of a dangerous virus. www.vox.com/health/47333...
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The year measles came back
Doctors reflect on how the virus’s resurgence has affected their patients and themselves in 2025: “It’s been insane.”
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