Articles by

Emily Mullin

Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane Milton

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through the American Southeast, hospitals and health care providers...

The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine

Amid a US outbreak of avian influenza in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, the federal government on...

23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?

23andMe is in trouble. Once a hot Silicon Valley startup, the genetic testing company has been in...

An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person

In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough...

I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus

Activity trackers have come a long way. No longer mere step-counters, they can monitor your heart rate,...

This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds

Mark, a 64-year-old with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, uses Amazon Alexa all the time using his...

The Bird Flu Outbreak Takes a Mysterious Turn

This year in the United States, 14 people have tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu....

Crispr-Enhanced Viruses Are Being Deployed Against UTIs

The global rise in antibiotic resistance is making bacterial infections harder to treat and increasing the risk...