Susan Rinkunas
Susan Rinkunas is a senior editor at VICE. She was previously health editor at The Cut and has been a digital editor at Health, Women's Health, and Runner's World.
Having OCD During a Pandemic Is Not a Superpower
Cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein explains what it’s like to have had contamination fears long before everyone else did.
People Are Willing to Risk Their Lives for a COVID Vaccine. Should We Let Them?
“The death toll indicates there’s absolutely a strong ethical case to ask people if they’re willing to do this.”
'It Wears on Your Soul': COVID Has Created an Abortion Nightmare in Texas
In recent weeks, providers have been forced to cancel hundreds of abortion appointments, then call patients back in, only to send them home once more. Abortion funds are helping manage the fallout.
FDA Should Lift Abortion Pill Restrictions, Says Former Agency Head
Jane Henney says the restrictions are dangerous during a pandemic because they require unnecessary travel and contact between patients and providers.
COVID Testing Is Supposed to Be Free for New Yorkers. Not Here
New York City has partnered with the boutique service One Medical and people who don't have health insurance can be hit with lab fees.
Researchers Want to Know What Your Sourdough Starter Smells Like
Your starter is a window into the microbes that live in your environment.
You’ll Probably Forget What It Was Like to Live Through a Pandemic
Memory researchers say these months will eventually become a blur for those of us isolating at home.
Your Body Is a Bioweapon
People using "my body, my choice" to protest coronavirus safety guidelines are putting everyone in danger.
I Video Chatted with a Cat and Now She’s Mine
What can you tell about a cat if you can only meet them virtually?
I Have Cystic Fibrosis. This Is How I Have Sex
"I’ve had sex while using oxygen before. You have to learn how to work with it, because it’s easy to get tangled in the tubing."
Sexual Assault Survivors Aren’t Ready to ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’
Survivors feel that by making Joe Biden the nominee, the Democratic Party is leaving them with an impossible choice.
Even People Without Coronavirus Are Getting Sicker Right Now
The "collateral damage of COVID-19": People are delaying or avoiding healthcare from fear of the virus. It could lead to a surge of worsening health issues down the line.