EPIDEMIC
Fake Malaria Pills Could Cause an Epidemic
Fake antimalarial pills sold on the black market have helped create a drug resistant malaria strain. We look at who's selling them and the problems they're causing.
How Bodies Were Buried During History's Worst Epidemics
From the black death to the Spanish flu epidemic to last year's Ebola outbreak, what did people do with all those diseased corpses?
Scientists Are Defending Africa's Goat Milk Supply with a Groundbreaking Vaccine
Canadian scientists are working on new vaccine will eradicate five kinds of devastating diseases in African livestock before they spread to other countries.
The Fight to Contain a Strain of Malaria That Threatens Millions of Lives
A drug-resistant strain of malaria has been reported in Myanmar near the border with India, alarming experts who warn that it could rapidly spread and infect people around the world.
Back from the Brink: Heroin's Antidote (Full Length)
VICE News investigates how effective Narcan — a nasal spray that can halt opioid overdoses instantly — has been in stopping fatal overdoses.
Back from the Brink: Heroin's Antidote (Excerpt)
In this excerpt, VICE News visits parent support group Learn2Cope as Mary Jane McHenry speaks to parents of children with opioid addictions.
Back from the Brink: Heroin's Antidote (Extra Scene)
In this extra scene, VICE News talks to a mother of a son with an opioid addiction about her experience dealing with his addiction.
Drones Are Being Tested in the Fight Against a Tuberculosis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea
The centuries-old disease is crippling communities in one of the world's most untamed wildernesses. Now unmanned aerial vehicles could bring treatment to the country's far-flung reaches.
There Is No Ice Epidemic: A Statistical Analysis
The numbers used to prove Australia is in an ice epidemic don't prove that at all.
The Fight Against Ebola
As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to Liberia to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.
Spain Investigates First Case of Ebola Infection Outside West Africa
A nurse who treated two Ebola patients evacuated from the outbreak zone caught the virus despite wearing full protective gear.
How New York City Is Fighting Ebola Before It Even Arrives
At hospitals around the country, doctors are scrambling to prepare for Ebola, but nurses say they are still unprepared.