diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index 17a9e312b85c6..7b0d0fe01c493 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 	margin: 12px;
 }
 
-#dashboard_quick_press .drafts {
+#dashboard_quick_press .drafts,
+#dashboard_quick_press .no-drafts {
 	padding: 10px 0 0;
 }
 
@@ -827,7 +828,8 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 
 /* Dashboard Quick Draft - Drafts list */
 
-.js #dashboard_quick_press .drafts {
+.js #dashboard_quick_press .drafts,
+.js #dashboard_quick_press .no-drafts {
 	border-top: 1px solid #f0f0f1;
 }
 
@@ -874,7 +876,8 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 
 #dashboard-widgets h4, /* Back-compat for pre-4.4 */
 #dashboard-widgets h3,
-#dashboard_quick_press .drafts h2 {
+#dashboard_quick_press .drafts h2,
+#dashboard_quick_press .no-drafts p {
 	margin: 0 12px 8px;
 	padding: 0;
 	font-size: 14px;
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/site-health.css b/src/wp-admin/css/site-health.css
index cf6c24e4a955c..f43db18a84efe 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/site-health.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/site-health.css
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ are styled in the Privacy section of edit.css */
 }
 
 /* Styling unique to the dashboard widget. */
+.no-js #dashboard_site_health {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 #dashboard_site_health .site-health-details {
 	padding-left: 16px;
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 7a78025214f10..488e01aa92481 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -656,6 +656,9 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_drafts( $drafts = false ) {
 
 		$drafts = get_posts( $query_args );
 		if ( ! $drafts ) {
+			echo '<div class="no-drafts">';
+			echo '<p>' . __( 'There are no recent drafts.' ) . '</p>';
+			echo '</div>';
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1372,7 +1375,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_events_news() {
  * @since 4.8.0
  */
 function wp_print_community_events_markup() {
-	$community_events_notice  = '<p class="hide-if-js">' . __( 'This widget requires JavaScript.' ) . '</p>';
+	$community_events_notice  = '<p class="hide-if-js">' . __( 'The WordPress Events and News feeds require JavaScript.' ) . '</p>';
 	$community_events_notice .= '<p class="community-events-error-occurred" aria-hidden="true">' . __( 'An error occurred. Please try again.' ) . '</p>';
 	$community_events_notice .= '<p class="community-events-could-not-locate" aria-hidden="true"></p>';
 
@@ -1998,7 +2001,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_site_health() {
 	$issues_total = $issue_counts['recommended'] + $issue_counts['critical'];
 	?>
 	<div class="health-check-widget">
-		<div class="health-check-widget-title-section site-health-progress-wrapper loading hide-if-no-js">
+		<div class="health-check-widget-title-section site-health-progress-wrapper loading">
 			<div class="site-health-progress">
 				<svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
 					<circle r="90" cx="100" cy="100" fill="transparent" stroke-dasharray="565.48" stroke-dashoffset="0"></circle>