Emily Mullin

Buffalo Wild Wings unveils wing-flavored protein espresso martini Buffalo Wild Wings' new Espresso Proteini is infused with Buffalo Dry Jump and jampacked with 10 grams of protein.

Is America healthy yet? www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

"Russian flu," the pandemic that hit in 1977, bears an evolutionary signature of having emerged from a lab, perhaps as part of a failed vaccine effort. Covid, mpox, Ebola, and other influenza pandemics don't. Here's my story on a new way to trace the origins of pandemics. Gift link: nyti.ms/46N0W33

The New Frontier of Fertility? Costco The big-box warehouse chain is partnering with Sesame and IVI RMA to offer self-pay patients expanded access and more affordable care. For the one in six Americans dealing with infertility, this could...

Costco is partnering with telehealth company Sesame (where Marty Makary was an exec before joining the FDA) and fertility group IVI RMA North America to offer IVF medications to members at an 80% discount: www.glamour.com/story/costco...

Six federal scientists run out by Trump talk about the work left undone | CNN Federal data shows the NIH lost about 4,400 people — more than 20% of its workforce. Scientists say the departures harm the U.S.’ ability to respond to disease outbreaks, develop treatments for chroni...

The number of people employed at the NIH is at its lowest level in at least two decades.

Hear from six scientists run out by Trump and the work they left behind on cancer research, tick-borne diseases, and more.

Me + @k-hought.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

Exactly: "shared clinical decision-making" arose in the 1980s in reaction to paternalistic med. Typically used for complex med. decisions, not safe & effective vaccines.

Annenberg poll in Aug.: 1-in-5 thought it means "taking the vaccine may not be a good idea for everyone but would benefit some."

This is the most bizarre interaction I've ever had with an HHS spokesperson.

From my story on CDC's pivot to "shared-decision making" for vaccines, with insight from @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social and @jakescottmd.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/why-rf...

I would just like to state, for the record, that I am in no way related to Markwayne Mullin.

Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran

Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic pupils in the classroom, researcher Uta Frith tells Helen Amass

Autism researcher Uta Frith no longer believes that autism is a spectrum.

"Because of various cultural factors, the spectrum has gone on being more and more accommodating," she says. "And I think now it has come to its collapse."

Really interesting interview: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Yes! Well said.

This Man Set the Record for Wearing a Brain-Computer Interface Implanted devices let people control computers and prosthetic limbs with their minds. But nobody knows how long they’ll last—and when they’ll need upgrades.

The longest-ever user of a brain-computer interface is Nathan Copeland, who's had one for 10+ years. His arrays are made by a company called Blackrock Neurotech. We wrote about him back in 2022: www.wired.com/story/this-m...

What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it.

Rodney Gorham recently passed a milestone that few people have reached. He’s had an implanted brain-computer interface for five years.

Gorham is now the longest-implanted participant in a trial by Neuralink competitor Synchron.

My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/synchr...

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.”

From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

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Journalism job alert: @wired.com is hiring an experienced politics writer. I might be biased, but WIRED is doing some of the best political coverage out there. This is your chance to join our amazing newsroom! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...

There's Cologuard, but you still have to get a colonoscopy if it's positive. And there's about an 8% false negative rate: agcosprings.com/procedures/c...

Fears of polio resurgence as US vaccine adviser questions need for childhood shots Survivors say US healthcare system not ready for new cases – ‘the only thing to fix polio is the polio vaccine’

Every time I write about measles, experts warn that polio is next.

But it's been so long since we had polio outbreaks, there are very few doctors who even know how to treat its long-term health issues. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Statement on the Resignation of the CDC Principal Deputy Director CDC announced Dr. Ralph Abraham stepped down as Principal Deputy Director, effective immediately.

RFK Jr.’s Deputy Director of the CDC, Ralph Abraham, who said that the measles outbreak was merely “the cost of doing business” has just stepped down from his position.

Before being installed at the CDC, he ordered the Louisiana Health Department to stop promoting vaccination.

The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it’s had only acting directors—and the White House won’t say when that will change.

The CDC has had a Senate-confirmed director for all of one month of Trump's second term.

NIH director Jay Bhattacharya will now run both temporarily. One source I spoke to said that's like “asking someone to manage live flight traffic while also designing the planes.” www.wired.com/story/the-cd...

This is the unfortunate fallout when a major magazine fails to label fiction as such. Rogers is a member of RFK Jr.'s new autism committee.

Ironically, this law change was proposed by Republicans as a way to keep the CDC in check: www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-...

N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up

A 2023 law change made the CDC director position subject to Senate confirmation starting January 20, 2025.

If the administration just keeps cycling through temporary leaders, they don't need Senate confirmation and can keep pushing through their vaccine agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...

My best guess is this screenshot is for someone with diabetes, in which case raspberries are generally better than raisins. Though I agree it's not the best example they could have used.

I agree with you here, but employers know that few workers stick with the same company long enough for them to reap those long-term cost savings.

AI Digital Twins Are Helping People Manage Diabetes and Obesity As patients and employers look for alternatives to pricey GLP-1 drugs, Silicon Valley startup Twin Health is using AI and wearable sensors to help people make healthier choices.

Diabetes and obesity meds are a rapidly increasing health care expense for employers. Some are looking for alternatives to help workers go off pricey GLP-1s or avoid them altogether. Enter the AI digital twin.

www.wired.com/story/ai-dig...

NEW: Another NIH institute director hasn't been renewed — the director of NIAMS (arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin diseases institute).

That leaves a whopping 15 of 27 institutes and centers without a permanent director.

RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum Realfood.gov will happily give you the worst possible advice.

While Grok might have answered my basic nutrition questions correctly, it gave another reporter this advice: www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...

RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines.

I checked out realfood.gov, the new government website from Mike Tyson's Super Bowl ad.

It encourages people to use Grok to "get real answers about real food," yet Grok's advice conflicts with the administration's own nutrition messaging.

My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.

I talked w/ uniformed health workers about their deployments to prisons where ICE holds immigrants.

ICE's operation is especially secretive at Guantanamo -- the place where America flouted its own rules to torture detainees post 9/11.

@wired.com and @kffhealthnews.org (no paywall)