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No One's Sure Why Soylent's Food Bars Are Making People Puke
People on Reddit and Soylent’s message board have been complaining of some unintended side effects from eating Soylent Food Bars—namely, nausea, horrific diarrhea, and intense vomiting.
What It's Like to Have Borderline Personality Disorder
"I keep seeing my neighbor's pool in winter, just an empty bowl of dusty blue tiles. Imagine standing in the middle of that, when suddenly, the pool fills up. In an instant, you're drowning."
Speaking to Smokers and Junk Food Eaters About the NHS' £11 Billion 'Unhealthy Lifestyle' Bill
Last year the NHS spent £11 billion on illnesses caused by "lifestyle choices". We found some people living those lifestyles to ask them if they feel bad about it.
British Music Festivals Are a Breeding Ground for Measles
Public Health England is recommending you get a double MMR vaccine before you go to Reading.
The Avalanches Forced to Postpone Shows Due to Health Concerns
Due to a medical condition the Avalanches’ Tony Di Blasi has been advised against international travel.
Inside Madagascar's 'City of Flies'
About 3,000 people who live in a garbage dump on the outskirts of the country's capital, Antananarivo, are still in close proximity to the pneumonic plague that began last August.
Report: Chris Bosh Is Trying to Get the Union to Force the Heat to Let Him Play
Things are getting weird between Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat.
Those Fancy Dyson Hand Dryers Spread Way More Germs Than Paper Towels
Science says it's better to just dry your hands with a boring-ass paper towel.
How Big Pharma Drug Pricing Costs Us Our Health
AIDS activism group ACT UP is on the front lines again—this time in a global fight for universal access to 'miracle' hep C, HIV, and cancer medications. So what's stopping it?
Canadians Are Asking Courts to Let Them Die Before New Rules Kick In
As the deadline looms for the federal government to come up with new legislation allowing for doctor-assisted death, an unprecedented number of Canadians are exploring how they might end their lives sooner.
Setting Fire to Drinking Water (Excerpt from ‘Superbugs’)
VICE News reporter Neha Shastry speaks to a sheriff of a small village downstream from pharmaceutical factories about how the rise of the industry has effected the local waterways.
Superbugs: The Dark Side of India’s Drug Boom
VICE News travels to Hyderabad, India's pharmaceutical capital, to see how the pollution from pharmaceutical factories risks giving rise to the next “superbug."