medicine
The Indian Researcher Building A Community-Based Approach To Medicine
Dr. Madhu Gupta has spent her career empowering communities to make informed decisions about their own health. Now, she’s using that knowledge to combat COVID-19.
She Was Separated From Her Twin. Now She's on a Mission to Separate Others
Larissa Gonçalves is now 21 and determined to become a surgeon specializing in conjoined twins.
Inside the World’s Largest Postal Network That Kept India Running Amid Lockdown
The postal service delivered medicine, fruits, protective gear and ventilators. It even ferried money to locked-down residents.
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Human-Animal Chimera Research, Survey Finds
Over 80% of surveyed Americans expressed support for some aspect of the research, which is currently under moratorium and aims to implant human stem cells into animals to grow organs for transplant.
The Bizarre Case of a Death Allegedly Caused by CBD Oil
A case report suggests that CBD oil contributed to someone's death. Some scientists—and the weed industry—aren’t so sure.
How Snake-Oil Salesmen are Cashing in on Coronavirus Panic in Australia
People are buying into claims that drinking unregulated, potentially harmful substances—including dissolved silver and a bleaching chemical—will protect them from COVID-19. VICE investigates the rising trend, and the people profiting from it.
These Are the Frontline Workers Who Take Over When Coronavirus Patients Die
VICE followed hearse drivers, mortuary staff and healthcare workers in Indonesia for a week to understand the challenges they face.
The Kink Community Is Showing Up for Healthcare Workers by Donating Supplies
"[W]e are not heroes and we don't deserve any special kudos," fetish site MedFetUK tweeted. "We just did the obvious and only right thing to do."
Indonesians Fear Gravediggers Could Be at Risk of Contracting Coronavirus
In Indonesia, both hospital workers and gravediggers lack proper protection when handling bodies of dead COVID-19 patients.
Coronavirus Has Yet to Reach My Corner of the Country. We're Not Ready
The real wave hasn't yet hit New Mexico, where I'm an ER doctor. But it will, and hospitals are moving way too slowly.
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Sleep Scientist
Sleep is still a bit of a mystery, even to the experts, but they're learning more about it every day. We called a sleep expert and picked her brain about why, how and when we nod off.
What Happens When Abortion Providers Are Forced to Lie to Their Patients
“This interferes with medical ethics. This definitely feels really unethical for the state to require us to say these things.”