Emily Mullin

Articles by Emily Mullin

Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce Yet? - WIRED

Business August 13, 2026

For a while it seemed like the diarrhea-inducing parasite cyclospora was everywhere. Confirmed and suspected cases number more than 22,000 across 15 states, with 517 people requiring hospitalization.οΏ½...

Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed - WIRED

Health July 28, 2026

I think this is a real opportunity to solve a public health problem, Saphire says. A tool by which you could prevent or treat disease is still cheaper than managing an outbreak or managing a case of οΏ½...

An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides

Crypto July 25, 2026

Peptides are inching closer to the mainstream. A panel of experts on Thursday narrowly recommended that the Food and Drug Administration reclassify four popular peptidesincluding one endorsed by podοΏ½...

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year - WIRED

Health July 18, 2026

As cases of the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora rise across the US, former employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the countrys response is being severely hampered by perοΏ½...

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus - WIRED

Health May 16, 2026

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring 41 people in the US for the Andes hantavirus after a cruise ship was hit with a rare outbreak, but the risk to the public remains low, οΏ½...

All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert - WIRED

Health May 13, 2026

Now that more than 100 passengers aboard a hantavirus-stricken luxury cruise ship have been evacuated, with 18 Americans in biocontainment units in Nebraska and Georgia, health officials around the wοΏ½...

Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina - WIRED

Health February 6, 2026

Some children affected by measles in the ongoing South Carolina outbreak have developed a serious complication of the disease called encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, state epidemiologist LindaοΏ½...

Brain Gear Is the Hot New Wearable

Crypto December 23, 2025

Ten years ago, a Fitbit was about as sophisticated a wearable as you could get. The Apple Watch soon supplanted it, quickly becoming the world's best-selling smartwatch. Then came the sleeker, more uοΏ½...

RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health Initiative - WIRED

Health December 12, 2025

The US Department of Health and Human Services is considering launching a federal mens health initiative, a source at the agency tells WIRED. Brian Christine, who will be sworn in on December 12 as οΏ½...

Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination - WIRED

Health December 12, 2025

Most Democratic-led states say they will continue to universally recommend and administer the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite new guidance against it issued last week by a federal vaccine advisοΏ½...