Health
The topics this product tracks, the most attention first. Attention is measured against each topic’s own history — 50 is its usual level — so a high figure means unusually busy for that topic, not the most-discussed topic in the world.
Ordered by each topic’s current Attention figure: 0–100 against that topic’s own recent history, with 50 its usual level. Topics with no figure yet are listed last, A–Z. How attention is measured.
- Healthcare policy72Attentionelevated · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- Alzheimer's and dementia70Attentionelevated · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursDementia research, diagnosis and the new amyloid drugs.
- Heart disease and stroke67Attentionelevated · −7.9 ptsdown over 24 hoursCardiovascular disease, heart attacks, strokes and blood pressure.
- Mental health63Attentionabout usual · +3.2 ptsup over 24 hours
- Opioid crisis60Attentionabout usual · +10.2 ptsup over 24 hoursFentanyl and opioid overdoses and the policy response.
- Antimicrobial resistance57Attentionabout usual · −12.3 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Dengue and mosquito-borne viruses56Attentionabout usual · +1.8 ptsup over 24 hoursDengue, chikungunya, Zika and West Nile virus.
- Longevity and mortality55Attentionabout usual · +11.6 ptsup over 24 hours
- Autism55Attentionabout usual · +3.4 ptsup over 24 hoursAutism diagnosis rates, research and the policy argument around causes.
- Cholera53Attentionabout usual · +3.8 ptsup over 24 hoursCholera outbreaks and oral cholera vaccine supply.
- Diabetes52Attentionabout usual · ±0.5 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursType 1 and type 2 diabetes, insulin access and treatment.
- Organ transplants52Attentionabout usual · ±0.1 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursOrgan donation, transplant waiting lists and xenotransplantation.
- US abortion policy52Attentionabout usual · +5.2 ptsup over 24 hoursAbortion bans, access and the litigation that followed the end of Roe v. Wade.
- Health workforce and strikes51Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursDoctors' and nurses' strikes, staffing shortages and pay disputes.
- Air pollution50Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursSmog, particulate matter and air-quality alerts.
- Food safety and nutrition50Attentionabout usual · +3.4 ptsup over 24 hours
- Abortion and reproductive health50Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursAbortion law, contraception, IVF and reproductive rights.
- Obesity and metabolic drugs50Attentionabout usual · −11.3 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Drug shortages48Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursShortages of medicines and supply disruptions.
- Global health48Attentionabout usual · −16.7 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe World Health Organization's guidance, global health funding and the agencies that deliver it.
- Malaria47Attentionabout usual · +1.6 ptsup over 24 hoursMalaria cases, vaccines and control programmes.
- Longevity science47Attentionabout usual · +6.2 ptsup over 24 hoursAnti-ageing research and the longevity biotech industry.
- US health department (HHS)46Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, and the agencies under it.
- Tobacco and vaping46Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursSmoking, vaping and nicotine regulation.