Diseases
How Scared Should I Be of the Rise in STDs?
Short answer: Just drop everything and get screened right now.
The Baffling, Gruesome Plague That Is Causing Starfish to Tear Themselves to Pieces
"They twisted their arms together," a marine biologist said, "and they'd pull and pull and pull, until one of them came off... It was horrific."
And Now This: Author Elizabeth Wurtzel Reckons with Breast Cancer
"So I have breast cancer, which like many things that happen to women is mostly a pain in the ass."
Villagers in Kazakhstan Are Falling Asleep En Masse for No Apparent Reason
10 percent of the population are passing out in public and no one knows why.
I Have the Worst Headache in the World
It's called a cluster headache, it can last for months and it's complete fucking torture.
The Fight Against Ebola
VICE News visits the Liberian health workers on the front lines in the fight against the disease.
The Return of the Black Death
We went to Madagascar in the fall of 2013 because the village of Beranimbo had been an epicenter of a black plague outbreak that resulted in nearly 600 cases and more than 90 deaths across the country. Madagascar reports the most instances of the...
The Hot Zone: Black Death Returns to Madagascar
The black plague returns to Madagascar's rural highlands.
How a Cat Parasite Affects Your Behaviour, Mental Health and Sex Drive
An interview about Toxoplasma with an expert who has Toxoplasmosis.
Should We Panic About the Strain of Deadly Meningitis Hitting the Gay Community?
How worried should we be?
My Favourite Disease, Noma
Brace yourselves. A lot of you will probably hate the photos you’re about to see in this article, but they’ll make you understand something cool about your stupid face.