RFK Jr's sycophantic Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will decide today and tomorrow whether to delay shots like the hepatitis-B vaccines for children. @dylanlscott.bsky.social explains how this could be a breaking point: www.vox.com/health/46185... @vox.com

At @vox.com's climate desk, we’ve spent the past few months digging into a threat that’s easy to swat away in the moment — but increasingly harder to escape: the rise of mosquito and other vector-borne diseases in the United States. You can find all of our stories here: www.vox.com/climate/4616...

In case you missed it: Great feature from our team @vox.com. West Nile, malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise in the US. Umair's reporting will help you stay vigilant.

Parents — and anyone trying to make sense of vaccines right now — are facing mixed messages from the government and leading doctors. Our new guide offers answers, and we’ve made it free to read as a public service. @dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/46052...

Today @vox.com is rolling out something special from climate correspondent Umair Irfan. Recently, we went to southern Texas to dig into an unsettling story: how climate change—and the ways we’ve built our cities—is giving mosquito-borne diseases new footholds in the US. www.vox.com/climate/4603...

🚨 Major scoop from @vox.com's @dylanlscott.bsky.social 🚨 RFK Jr. has had a really bad couple of weeks. But now, it gets worse. Today, we're breaking the story that Kennedy’s HHS and the White House have buried a major federal study on American alcohol consumption. www.vox.com/health/46008... 🧵👇

Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows. www.vox.com/health/46008...

Extraordinary reporting from my colleague @dylanlscott.bsky.social

Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows. www.vox.com/health/46008...

🚨 Major scoop from @vox.com's @dylanlscott.bsky.social 🚨 RFK Jr. has had a really bad couple of weeks. But now, it gets worse. Today, we're breaking the story that Kennedy’s HHS and the White House have buried a major federal study on American alcohol consumption. www.vox.com/health/46008... 🧵👇

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

We’ve climbed Everest, mapped the oceans, and trekked to the poles. Yet 90% of Earth’s species remain unknown. The golden age of discovery is happening now — as scientists race to catalogue our planet's "dark taxa" @benjij.bsky.social w/ this fascinating story @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

The real implosion at the CDC resignations is about something much bigger than just RFK and vaccines. @dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/45976...

As another season looms, Covid vaccines are going to be harder to find. The people caught in the middle of this fight aren’t politicians or doctors—they’re parents, kids, grandparents, anyone just trying to stay healthy this winter. @dylanlscott.bsky.social/@vox.com: www.vox.com/health/45922...

Some good, counter-intuitive news for our energy transition: Maybe climate incentives...don't matter? Trump wants to stall the EV revolution and has rolled back every incentive he can. But then Ford announced a new, *affordable* electric truck anyway. @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4585...

Extreme heat is turning a mostly New York disease into a nationwide threat. Legionnaire’s disease thrives in the warm, stagnant water of aging infrastructure—and climate change is creating perfect conditions for it to spread. @dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4584...

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Tropical Storm Erin could become the first major hurricane of the season — and the first real test of a weakened federal disaster forecasting system at a time when stronger, wetter storms are becoming the norm. Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4580...

Caribou have survived for thousands of years and have adapted to warming temperatures in the past. But their incredible ability to adapt is no match for contemporary climate change. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Climate change reshapes reproductive health — from conception to birth. Now, in a new collab with our friends at @grist.org, new data show how heat, poor air and floods are rewriting the earliest stages of life. @zteirstein.bsky.social at @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4578...

It’s not about the eagles — not really. The Trump administration’s sudden concern for birds of prey is really another front in its fight against renewable energy @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

America’s wildfire strategy is falling apart when it’s needed most. www.vox.com/climate/4228...

American bullfrogs are sympathetic villains. In the East, their mating calls are part of the soundscape of summer. But in the Western US, their appetites are shortening the path to extinction for many species. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

American bullfrogs are sympathetic villains. In the East, their mating calls are part of the soundscape of summer. But in the Western US, their appetites are shortening the path to extinction for many species. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

We’re living through a relentless era of extreme weather — yet, fewer people are dying from it than ever before. How? @bryanrwalsh.bsky.social explains: www.vox.com/future-perfe... @vox.com

For over a decade, sea stars along the West Coast died in gruesome, inexplicable ways. Now, after years of false leads and heartbreak, scientists have finally solved the mystery. Byrd Pinkerton for @vox.com: www.vox.com/science/4219...

How to develop new habits in an era of extreme heat. www.vox.com/even-better/...

Scientists sent a sub deep into the Pacific and found something astonishing: thriving communities of life powered not by sunlight—but by chemicals like methane, sulfur. It's the deepest community of chemosynthetic life ever discovered. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Big story from @dylanlscott.bsky.social: Soon, pill-form GLP-1s and generic versions of popular brands like Ozempic will hit the market. These drugs have the potential to treat obesity—but also dementia, substance abuse disorders & more. What's the catch? www.vox.com/the-highligh... @vox.com

Electricity prices are rising faster than inflation — and won’t stop anytime soon. Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4208...

The government's debris removal in the wake of Hurricane Helene was devastating for the local environment. Contractors flattened beaver wetlands, and bulldozed habitat for endangered species — even in places the storm barely touched. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Hurricane Helene tore through North Carolina and took wiped out a large proportion of a rare salamander’s habitat with it. Now scientists are bushwhacking into the wreckage to save what might be the last 15 individuals alive. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

The systems meant to protect us from climate change are shrinking while each disaster trends more extreme. If the federal safety net unravels, what’s left is you, your neighbors, and whatever you’ve managed to build before the sky turns. Heather Hansman for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4189...

How missed flood warnings and infrastructure gaps cost so many lives in central Texas. www.vox.com/climate/4190...

Why the central Texas flood disaster was so devastating — and what we can learn: Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4190...

The Sunbelt has long led the US in housing builds, but new research suggests that abundance is becoming a thing of the past. I loved writing this long piece about upzoning the suburbs & what a housing downturn in the Sunbelt tells us about the limits of sprawl www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" has passed. The consensus is clear: this will be bad for the climate, environment, and clean energy. Check out a round-up of partner coverage on the topic 🧵

Nothing says independence like a plate full of ingredients banned in half the developed world. This July 4th, @dylanlscott.bsky.social asks: Is it still patriotism if the hot dog might outlive you? www.vox.com/health/41869...

Trump’s budget bill kneecaps one of the fastest-growing sectors of the US economy just as global demand for clean power is surging. All in favor of...a coal comeback no one asked for? Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4185...

The rising specter of Oropouche fever comes at a time when the US is cutting funding for research at universities, pulling back from studying vector-borne disease threats, and ending collaborations with other countries to limit their risk. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/FhiGwE

If President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” ultimately becomes law after passing the House and receiving Trump’s signature, American health care is never going to be the same. The consequences will be dire. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/iRP8Fi

Trump’s BBB is going to come back to haunt his party. @dylanlscott.bsky.social for @vox.com www.vox.com/health-care/...

You’ve probably never heard of Oropouche virus. That won’t last. Carried by a nearly invisible biting midge, it’s spreading — from the Amazon to urban South America and could be soon pushing into the US too. Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4181...

We spent 50 years saving the grizzly. Now, no one wants to be the one to let it go. But if we treat the Endangered Species List as permanent life support, the whole thing risks collapsing under its own good intentions. Christine Peterson for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

The grizzly is a conservation success story—but if we can’t let a species off the Endangered Species List after it recovers, the law stops being a science-based tool and starts becoming a symbol And that’s how we lose our most powerful tool to protect the natural world www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Lovely footage of wildlife movements in the US-Mexico borderlands region — and new research into how the border wall impacts them. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

A new study warns: Even the world’s best farmland—including in the US—can’t keep pace with climate change. Under a 3-degree scenario for warming, calories lost per person equates to ~360/day—like everyone in the world "giving up breakfast." Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4171...

Hawaii’s iconic forest birds are vanishing and drones dropping lab-raised mosquitoes may be their last lifeline. It sounds absurd, but it’s a smart, targeted fix to an extinction crisis driven by climate and disease. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

We know methane is one of the fastest ways we’re heating the planet — but we’re barely tracking it. Even after oil and gas wells shut down, they can keep leaking. The tools to stop this exist. We’re just not using them. Umair Irfan for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4164...

Some exciting news! @josephvlee.bsky.social feature for @vox.com has won First Place Best Feature Story in the Professional Division III category at the 2025 @indigenousja.bsky.social Media Awards! Congrats, Joseph! www.vox.com/climate/3720...