Articles by

Emily Mullin

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...

AI Digital Twins Are Helping People Manage Diabetes and Obesity

Rodney Buckley has lost 100 pounds in less than a year, not by using a GLP-1 drug...

RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees

A 30-second Super Bowl ad featuring boxing legend Mike Tyson and paid for by the nonprofit MAHA...

Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina

Some children affected by measles in the ongoing South Carolina outbreak have developed a serious complication of...

HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims

The US Department of Health and Human Services is developing a generative artificial intelligence tool to find...

This Chinese Startup Wants to Build a New Brain-Computer Interface—No Implant Required

China’s brain-computer interface industry is growing fast, and the newest company to emerge from the country is...

The US Is In For Another Bad Year of Measles Cases

Measles cases in the United States reached their highest level in more than 30 years in 2025,...

He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again

In 2018, a nervous-looking He Jiankui took the stage at a scientific conference in Hong Kong. A...