Vitals

Get the definitive answers to the health questions everyone is asking.

Episodes

  • Birth control pill users are frustrated. Here's why.

    Sheena reality-checks fears about the pill and looks at other contraceptive options.
  • How Are Wildfires Making Us Sick?

    When the air fills with smoke, what are you really breathing? And how best to stay safe?
  • How Smoking Weed Affects Your Health

    There’s growing pushback to the notion that cannabis is 100% safe. We debunk five myths.
  • Heat: How Much Can the Human Body Take?

    How is the human body affected by heat waves? And how can you protect yourself?
  • Long COVID: What Do You Need to Know?

    We’ll dissect Long COVID with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Ed Yong.
  • How Adult ADHD Goes Undetected

    What is ADHD and why is it so hard to diagnose?
  • Lyme Disease Cases Are Surging. Who Is Most At Risk?

    The Vitals team explores how vector-borne diseases spread and why cases are rising.
  • Curbing Gun Violence With a Public Health Approach

    Sheena explores how a public health approach can reduce gun violence.

About Vitals

Vitals goes behind the headlines to get the definitive answers to the health questions everyone is asking.