Julia Belluz
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The pregnancy risks of Ozempic and Wegovy need more attention
The drugs are linked to birth defects in animal studies. Why is this information so hard to find? → Read More
‘Emotional hunger’ vs. ‘hungry gut’: The attempt to subtype obesity and tailor treatments
Some physicians test to determine a "unique obesity phenotype" and custom-tailor treatments. But the jury's out on "precision" weight loss treatments. → Read More
Report: Obesity could cost the world over $4 trillion a year by 2035
The enormous cost estimates of obesity in a new report may even be an underestimate, researchers told STAT. → Read More
Obesity in the age of Ozempic
Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are changing how patients view their own weight struggles. Will society follow? → Read More
How a lizard’s venom inspired the promising weight loss drug Wegovy
Semaglutide — which Novo Nordisk calls Wegovy — is the start a new chapter in obesity treatment. It was inspired by a lizard’s venom. → Read More
The doctors are not all right
Covid-19 only intensified the long hours and stressful work environment of America’s doctors. But as the pandemic took a toll on their mental health, their own profession failed some who reached out for help. → Read More
The World Health Organization broke its own rules to spend millions on BCG consultants
The agency paid the consultants a total of $11.7 million — enough to buy around 600,000 Covid-19 vaccines. → Read More
Poorer countries might not get Covid-19 vaccinated until 2023
This inequality is baked into the vaccine manufacturing process. → Read More
Poorer countries might not get Covid-19 vaccinated until 2023
This inequality is baked into the vaccine manufacturing process. → Read More
Poorer countries might not get vaccinated until 2023
This inequality is baked into every step of the vaccine manufacturing process. → Read More
Vietnam defied the experts and sealed its border to keep Covid-19 out. It worked.
How the country has kept coronavirus deaths to just 35, and grew its economy in 2020. → Read More
The Pandemic Playbook
Vox explores the successes — and setbacks — in six nations as they fought Covid-19. → Read More
Scientists haven’t figured out long Covid. Here are 5 of their best hypotheses.
From disturbing the gut microbiome to lingering in the brain, there are many ways the coronavirus might cause lasting symptoms. → Read More
Long-term Covid-19 side effects aren’t as unique as we thought
The nagging symptoms long haulers experience lay bare a frustrating blind spot in medicine. → Read More
The vaccine race against the coronavirus variants, explained
Covid-19 vaccines are here. So are new mutations. Here’s what you should know. → Read More
The scientist who’s been right about Covid-19 vaccines predicts what’s next
Hilda Bastian on the most important pandemic vaccine in the pipeline and why we’re on track for annual booster shots. → Read More
Who has died from Covid-19 in the US?
We analyzed a full year of America’s Covid-19 death data. The findings surprised us. → Read More
Rich countries are hoarding Covid-19 vaccines
Eighty million Covid-19 vaccines doses have gone out — but only 55 in a low-income country. → Read More
Johnson & Johnson brings another effective Covid-19 vaccine to the arsenal — in a single dose
The level of protection, though, varied in different regions: 72 percent in the US, 66 percent in Latin America, and 57 percent in South Africa. → Read More
FDA advisers unanimously recommend Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine
The FDA could make an emergency use authorization as soon as this weekend, paving the way for distribution. → Read More