Paige Vega
@paigeblank.bsky.social
Senior climate and Future Perfect editor @vox.com | Helping launch early career journalists at @uprootproject.bsky.social + @sejorg.bsky.social + Vox Media's Writers' Workshop| Previously at High Country News
Don't sleep on the shingles vaccine, y'all.
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We have a miraculous anti-aging vaccine. Why aren’t more people getting it?
Research has found that a routine vaccine slows aging and cut dementia risk.
www.vox.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Don't sleep on the shingles vaccine, y'all.
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Trump's new fire agency is off to a shaky start.
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Trump’s new Wildland Fire Service is failing to ignite
Wildfires are a growing threat. Do we need a new federal agency to help?
www.vox.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Trump's new fire agency is off to a shaky start.
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Government risk maps are too coarse for the way wildfire works now. But new tools powered by AI are giving us a clearer picture.
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America’s wildfire risk data quietly puts millions of homes in danger
Federal models keep missing homes that burn. A new AI tool zooms in.
www.vox.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Government risk maps are too coarse for the way wildfire works now. But new tools powered by AI are giving us a clearer picture.
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New research reveals a wrinkle of hope for polar bears in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
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Something very unexpected is happening to Norway’s polar bears
Scientists are baffled by the results from new Arctic research.
www.vox.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
New research reveals a wrinkle of hope for polar bears in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
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"Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef has been called the largest reproductive event on Earth, and, in more colorful terms, 'the world’s largest orgasm.'"
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Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef — except the one thing that matters
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep an iconic ecosystem alive.
www.vox.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef has been called the largest reproductive event on Earth, and, in more colorful terms, 'the world’s largest orgasm.'"
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Icy spells sneak up on us, posing a greater challenge to forecasters and leaving little time to prepare compared to slower-moving extremes like heat waves.
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Why forecasters struggled to see this extreme winter storm coming
The tricky science behind why cold snaps sneak up on us.
www.vox.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Icy spells sneak up on us, posing a greater challenge to forecasters and leaving little time to prepare compared to slower-moving extremes like heat waves.
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www.vox.com/climate/4761...
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💥 Big feature out today from @benjij.bsky.social — an exclusive look into the most ambitious effort humanity has ever launched to save an ecosystem, sourced from his field reporting at Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef — except the one thing that matters
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep an iconic ecosystem alive.
www.vox.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
💥 Big feature out today from @benjij.bsky.social — an exclusive look into the most ambitious effort humanity has ever launched to save an ecosystem, sourced from his field reporting at Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
💥 Big feature out today from @benjij.bsky.social — an exclusive look into the most ambitious effort humanity has ever launched to save an ecosystem, sourced from his field reporting at Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef — except the one thing that matters
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep an iconic ecosystem alive.
www.vox.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
💥 Big feature out today from @benjij.bsky.social — an exclusive look into the most ambitious effort humanity has ever launched to save an ecosystem, sourced from his field reporting at Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
Don't miss this one. (No paywall)
www.vox.com/climate/4754... @vox.com
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In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless [via @vox.com]
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless
How the agency’s new math favors polluters over people.
www.motherjones.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless [via @vox.com]
The EPA is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people.
@umairfan.bsky.social spoke w/ several experts, including former EPA officials, and indeed, the change will likely lead to worsening air quality and harm public health.
www.vox.com/climate/4751... @vox.com
@umairfan.bsky.social spoke w/ several experts, including former EPA officials, and indeed, the change will likely lead to worsening air quality and harm public health.
www.vox.com/climate/4751... @vox.com
Trump’s EPA is setting the value of human health to $0
The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained.
www.vox.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The EPA is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people.
@umairfan.bsky.social spoke w/ several experts, including former EPA officials, and indeed, the change will likely lead to worsening air quality and harm public health.
www.vox.com/climate/4751... @vox.com
@umairfan.bsky.social spoke w/ several experts, including former EPA officials, and indeed, the change will likely lead to worsening air quality and harm public health.
www.vox.com/climate/4751... @vox.com
The race to publish results may have produced weak evidence — and unnecessary panic — about plastics inside the human body.
From our friends at @climatedesk.org and @theguardian.com
www.vox.com/climate/4750... @vox.com
From our friends at @climatedesk.org and @theguardian.com
www.vox.com/climate/4750... @vox.com
So our brains aren’t full of microplastics after all?
The research on microplastics in our bodies is terrifying. It might also be wrong.
www.vox.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The race to publish results may have produced weak evidence — and unnecessary panic — about plastics inside the human body.
From our friends at @climatedesk.org and @theguardian.com
www.vox.com/climate/4750... @vox.com
From our friends at @climatedesk.org and @theguardian.com
www.vox.com/climate/4750... @vox.com
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Ahead of the release of the new dietary guidelines, the Trump admin buried a government study that provided the clearest evidence yet of the harms of alcohol.
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
Dr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.
RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.
www.vox.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Ahead of the release of the new dietary guidelines, the Trump admin buried a government study that provided the clearest evidence yet of the harms of alcohol.
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
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Is inflammation really the root of all of our health problems? What's the difference between "good" inflammation and "bad inflammation"?
Join @dylanlscott.bsky.social on Reddit right now as he answers all of your questions about inflammation 👇🤖
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January 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Is inflammation really the root of all of our health problems? What's the difference between "good" inflammation and "bad inflammation"?
Join @dylanlscott.bsky.social on Reddit right now as he answers all of your questions about inflammation 👇🤖
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Some early takes said the new food guidelines weren't too bad, but you always gotta dig deeper to really understand what MAHA is doing. So much going on here is chaos but most notably the new guidance makes an aggressive turn toward centering animal-based foods
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The new food pyramid is lying to you
It’s also a contradictory mess.
www.vox.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Some early takes said the new food guidelines weren't too bad, but you always gotta dig deeper to really understand what MAHA is doing. So much going on here is chaos but most notably the new guidance makes an aggressive turn toward centering animal-based foods
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Ahead of the release of the new dietary guidelines, the Trump admin buried a government study that provided the clearest evidence yet of the harms of alcohol.
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
Dr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.
RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.
www.vox.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Ahead of the release of the new dietary guidelines, the Trump admin buried a government study that provided the clearest evidence yet of the harms of alcohol.
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
Now, the the official guidance yanks any limits on alcohol consumption.
@dylanlscott.bsky.social @vox.com: www.vox.com/health/47472...
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Hey! I'll be hanging out over on Reddit in 15 minutes, talking about our newsletter (sign up!), the health care beat, and anything else you'd like! Check it out:
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January 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Hey! I'll be hanging out over on Reddit in 15 minutes, talking about our newsletter (sign up!), the health care beat, and anything else you'd like! Check it out:
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When faster than ever still isn't fast enough:
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Why almost none of the homes burned in LA have been rebuilt since last year’s fires
Wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. In LA County, just 7 have been rebuilt.
www.vox.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
When faster than ever still isn't fast enough:
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Hi friends! Some news!
Today, @dylanlscott.bsky.social and I launched Good Medicine, a weekly newsletter for anyone trying to make sense of their health in a moment of shaky science, viral wellness claims, and political whiplash.
Sign up! www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
Today, @dylanlscott.bsky.social and I launched Good Medicine, a weekly newsletter for anyone trying to make sense of their health in a moment of shaky science, viral wellness claims, and political whiplash.
Sign up! www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Hi friends! Some news!
Today, @dylanlscott.bsky.social and I launched Good Medicine, a weekly newsletter for anyone trying to make sense of their health in a moment of shaky science, viral wellness claims, and political whiplash.
Sign up! www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
Today, @dylanlscott.bsky.social and I launched Good Medicine, a weekly newsletter for anyone trying to make sense of their health in a moment of shaky science, viral wellness claims, and political whiplash.
Sign up! www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
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It seems like wherever you look, someone is telling you how to reduce your inflammation, from influencers on your TikTok feed or Instagram reels to even US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 🧵
January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It seems like wherever you look, someone is telling you how to reduce your inflammation, from influencers on your TikTok feed or Instagram reels to even US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 🧵
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Inflammation is on everybody's minds these days.
But the social media remedies miss the complex biology underneath. I tried to get a picture of what the real, evidence-based future of managing inflammation looks like. Here's what I found:
www.vox.com/health/47438...
But the social media remedies miss the complex biology underneath. I tried to get a picture of what the real, evidence-based future of managing inflammation looks like. Here's what I found:
www.vox.com/health/47438...
The problem with blaming everything on inflammation
What your favorite TikTok influencer gets right — and wrong — about this widespread concern.
www.vox.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Inflammation is on everybody's minds these days.
But the social media remedies miss the complex biology underneath. I tried to get a picture of what the real, evidence-based future of managing inflammation looks like. Here's what I found:
www.vox.com/health/47438...
But the social media remedies miss the complex biology underneath. I tried to get a picture of what the real, evidence-based future of managing inflammation looks like. Here's what I found:
www.vox.com/health/47438...
Reposted by Paige Vega
The sudden slashing of the pediatric vaccine schedule is just one of several new or expected changes to federal health policy that will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
MAHA’s latest offensive
Recent changes to federal health policy will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
www.vox.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The sudden slashing of the pediatric vaccine schedule is just one of several new or expected changes to federal health policy that will affect the lives of millions of Americans, many of them kids.
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We're launching a new newsletter, Good Medicine, on a simple premise: These are chaotic times, with so much distrust and confusion around our health and our health care system.
So our goal is to help all of us navigate through the cacophony, together:
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So our goal is to help all of us navigate through the cacophony, together:
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January 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
We're launching a new newsletter, Good Medicine, on a simple premise: These are chaotic times, with so much distrust and confusion around our health and our health care system.
So our goal is to help all of us navigate through the cacophony, together:
www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
So our goal is to help all of us navigate through the cacophony, together:
www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
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In truth, Trump's war in Venezuela does not actually serve the American oil industry's interests.
It might nonetheless be motivated by oil, but only because Trump personally loves the idea of pillaging conquered lands
www.vox.com/politics/473...
It might nonetheless be motivated by oil, but only because Trump personally loves the idea of pillaging conquered lands
www.vox.com/politics/473...
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
In truth, Trump's war in Venezuela does not actually serve the American oil industry's interests.
It might nonetheless be motivated by oil, but only because Trump personally loves the idea of pillaging conquered lands
www.vox.com/politics/473...
It might nonetheless be motivated by oil, but only because Trump personally loves the idea of pillaging conquered lands
www.vox.com/politics/473...
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No. Also, maybe. www.vox.com/politics/473...
Did Trump really invade Venezuela for oil?
No. Also, maybe.
www.vox.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
No. Also, maybe. www.vox.com/politics/473...