Is vaping less harmful than smoking, and does it help people quit?
https://ourworldindata.org/vaping-vs-smoking-health-risks
Published: November 3, 2025 00:00
Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about vaping and its effects.
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Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it
https://ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations
Published: October 20, 2025 04:00
Adding up the weight of very different materials doesn’t tell us about their scarcity, environmental, or socioeconomic impacts.
Does the news reflect what we die from?
https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from
Published: October 6, 2025 04:00
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?
Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year
https://ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-aid-saved-millions
Published: September 29, 2025 04:00
For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.
How Wolbachia bacteria could help us tackle some of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases
https://ourworldindata.org/wolbachia-neglected-tropical-diseases
Published: September 22, 2025 04:00
A common bacterium can dramatically reduce the spread of dengue fever and other tropical diseases.
How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads
https://ourworldindata.org/britain-safest-roads-history
Published: September 8, 2025 04:00
The death rate per mile driven has declined 22-fold since 1950.
Hannah Ritchie has a new book about tackling climate change coming out on September 18th
https://ourworldindata.org/hannah-ritchie-new-book
Published: September 5, 2025 10:11
“Clearing the Air” is available for pre-order now.
Bans on highly toxic pesticides could be a simple way to save lives from suicide
https://ourworldindata.org/pesticide-bans-suicide-prevention
Published: September 1, 2025 04:00
Pesticide poisoning is a common method of suicide in many low- to middle-income countries. Substituting highly toxic pesticides for less fatal ones can save lives.
Global inequality is huge — but so is the opportunity for people in high-income countries to support poor people
https://ourworldindata.org/global-inequality-opportunity-to-give
Published: August 25, 2025 04:00
People in high-income countries could dramatically improve lives worldwide with minimal financial commitment, yet few do.
$3 a day: A new poverty line has shifted the World Bank’s data on extreme poverty. What changed, and why?
https://ourworldindata.org/new-international-poverty-line-3-dollars-per-day
Published: August 11, 2025 04:00
In June 2025, the World Bank increased its extreme poverty estimates by 125 million people. This doesn’t mean the world has gotten poorer: it reflects a new, higher International Poverty Line of $3 a day, up from $2.15.
Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-deaths-decline
Published: August 4, 2025 04:00
Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke.