#wired.com. × Sperm Stem Cells Were Used for the First Time in an Attempt to Restore Fertility. In an advance for treating male infertility, researchers transplanted a patient with his own sperm-forming stem cells that were collected from testicular tissue when he was a child.
#Mar.28.2025
#wired.com. × How a Government Shutdown Would Help Elon Musk. On this special episode of "Uncanny Valley," we unpack Elon Musk's desire for a government shutdown that could become permanent. Plus: An update on measles misinformation in the US.
#Mar.12.2025
#wired.com. × A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response. Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.
#Mar.03.2025
#wired.com. × The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu. With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the avian influenza outbreak.
#Feb.27.2025
#wired.com. × DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System. At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more, according to records and internal documents viewed by WIRED.
#Feb.24.2025
#wired.com. × Nearly 100 Measles Cases Have Been Reported in Texas. Over the past month, the virus has spread in areas with low vaccination rates, and most of those affected are minors.
#Feb.24.2025
#wired.com. × The Ozempic Shortage Is Over. The semaglutide shortage has officially ended in the US—which means the GLP-1 drug industry is about to undergo massive changes.
#Feb.21.2025
#wired.com. × Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists. After years of GOP attacks on US health agencies, Trump appointees are poised to bring Covid-19 conspiracies to their leadership of US agencies. Federal workers are scared of what comes next.
#Feb.12.2025
#wired.com. × NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’. In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”
#Feb.10.2025
#wired.com. × The Best Greens Powders. We did the research (and taste-testing) for you to determine whether greens powders are worth your money, and if so, which ones.
#Feb.05.2025
#wired.com. × The Therabody PowerDot 2.0 Duo Really Works, When It Works. Therabody’s at-home muscle stimulator is brilliant in theory but is plagued with connectivity issues.
#Feb.05.2025
#wired.com. × The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done. Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only tempora
#Feb.01.2025
#wired.com. × The Best Natural Deodorants. Want to go aluminum-free without being stinky? These WIRED-tested picks have you covered.
#Jan.31.2025
#wired.com. × This Blood Vessel Was Grown in a Lab With Real Human Cells. The FDA recently approved a bioengineered blood vessel, which becomes part of a patient’s body over time. It’s designed to help treat victims of traumatic injuries.
#Jan.29.2025
#wired.com. × This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef that Cholesterol Oozes from His Skin. High cholesterol is considered 240 mg/dL. The man’s was over 1,000 mg/dL.
#Jan.24.2025
#wired.com. × The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One. H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended.
#Jan.22.2025
#wired.com. × Trump’s Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health Disaster. The exit will cut a huge chunk from the World Health Organization’s budget, but the short-term financial gain for the US could come at the cost of disease outbreaks flaring up across the world.
#Jan.22.2025
#wired.com. × The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water. Melted plastic pipes and drastic water-pressure drops are potentially leaching toxic chemicals and contaminants into local supplies. Multiple water authorities in north Los Angeles have issued Do Not D
#Jan.13.2025
#wired.com. × The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning. A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what happens next to Russian roulette.
#Jan.07.2025
#wired.com. × Wildfire Smoke Is Even More Dangerous Than Anyone Knew. Smoke exposure, researchers have found, raises the risk of dementia, poor mental health, fertility problems, and neurodegenerative diseases.
#Jan.04.2025
#wired.com. × It’s Time for Parents to Step Up in the Fight for Clean Air. Fossil fuel pollution is impacting the most vulnerable among us: children. Their future—and health—are at stake.
#Jan.04.2025
#wired.com. × Healthier Cities Will Require a Strong Dose of Nature. If we can’t get to the forest, the forest must come to us, in the form of cities designed around green spaces.
#Dec.28.2024
#wired.com. × The Worst Hacks of 2024. From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever.
#Dec.26.2024
#wired.com. × The World’s First Crispr Drug Gets a Slow Start. The first medical treatment to use Crispr gene editing has been on the market for a year. Its complexity means few patients in the US have received it yet.
#Dec.23.2024
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