Microbiologist Maurice Hilleman saw it coming, so the country made 40 million doses of the vaccine within months.

Wellness is everywhere today: juice cleanses, Soulcycle classes, self-care. The roots of the trend can be found in nineteenth-century health-consciousness.

A working paper released the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that lifting people out of poverty could cut smoking rates. 

Data suggests that people are more sensitive to health-related matters after the death of a celebrity.