Articles by

Emily Mullin

A New Implant Aims to Rewire the Brain to Help Stroke Patients

Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability, with roughly two-thirds of survivors experiencing significant...

FDA Approves Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 Pill

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new obesity pill called Foundayo. Taken once...

Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant

Galen Buckwalter didn’t hesitate to get a craniotomy in 2024 as part of a brain implant study...

A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow ‘Organ Sacks’ to Replace Animal Testing

As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech...

The South Carolina Measles Outbreak Is Slowing Down

A large measles outbreak in South Carolina is finally showing signs of slowing down as the total...

Why RFK’s CDC Is Endorsing ‘Shared Decisionmaking’ for Vaccines

In the year that US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been in...

What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years

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

The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis

As the agency rotates through a cast of leaders, it’s unclear when—or if—the US Centers for Disease...