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The World Is Unprepared for the Next Big Virus Outbreak, Study Finds
Which is a problem, because infectious diseases are projected to become only more common.
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."
How to Have Sex on Your Deathbed
Just because you're slowly dying of a terminal illness doesn't mean you're not thinking about sex.
Stoners Are Pissed Off About a Study Claiming That the Munchies Might Be Causing Diabetes
They should probably just smoke a joint and chill out.
Why We Need to Better Understand Psychosomatic Illness
VICE spoke to neurologist and author Suzanne O'Sullivan about her new book, It's All in Your Head.
'Exploding Head Syndrome' Is Keeping Me Awake at Night and I Don't Know Why
According to the specialist I spoke to, being awoken by loud noises in the night is common among students and psychiatric patients Weirdly, the loud noises only seem to exist in my brain.
Toxic Shock: Why This Woman Is Suing a Tampon Company After Losing Her Leg
After toxic shock syndrome nearly killed Lauren Wasser, the former model and athlete has devoted herself to rectifying what she sees as serious problems with the tampon industry.
This Is the Reality of Living With M.E.
M.E. doesn't just mean "being tired all the time" – the brain can't connect properly to the spinal nerve tracts and so fails to control vital bodily functions. It's time we started taking it seriously.
We Spoke to the Women Fighting Australia’s Tampon Tax
Australia's 15 years of taxing periods may finally be coming to an end soon. But why has this recent campaign been more successful than previous attempts?
A Girl Copied My Nutella-Only Diet and Called Me a Pussy
I ate nothing but Nutella for a week and wrote about how shitty it was. Later, this girl tried it and said it was easy. I called her to disagree.
Chill Out, You're Probably Not Going to Die From the Flu
People are freaking out about how this is the worst flu season yet. We asked a few experts whether or not we're really about to relive the movie Contagion.