#wired.com. × #Feb.17.2026 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.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.11.2026 Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity. Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it’s a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.10.2026 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.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.06.2026 RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories. Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”
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#wired.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina. In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?. A growing legion of “zero trimester” influencers are convincing followers that healthy pregnancies are a choice—and that raw milk, watching sunsets, and pricey specialized courses can help.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.04.2026 HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims. Experts worry Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health Department will use an internal AI tool to analyze vaccine injury claims in a way that furthers his anti-vaccine agenda.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.02.2026 HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants. Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”
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#wired.com. × #Jan.30.2026 Are NAD+ Supplements a Longevity Hack or an Expensive Placebo?. What is NAD+? Here’s how it works in your body, why it matters, and if supplementation is worth the hype.
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#wired.com. × #Jan.22.2026 The US Is In For Another Bad Year of Measles Cases. A growing measles outbreak in South Carolina has infected more than 600 people since October, with hundreds more being potentially exposed.
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#wired.com. × #Jan.11.2026 Want to Stop Doomscrolling? You Might Need a Sleep Coach. Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing.
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#wired.com. × #Nov.19.2025 Vaping Is ‘Everywhere’ in Schools—Sparking a Bathroom Surveillance Boom. Schools in the US are installing vape-detection tech in bathrooms to thwart student nicotine and cannabis use. A new investigation reveals the impact of using spying to solve a problem.
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#wired.com. × #Nov.10.2025 The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift. For years, plastic surgeons thought the proportions of a beautiful buttocks should follow the Fibonacci sequence. Now, people are looking for a more Kardashian shape.
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#wired.com. × #Nov.05.2025 Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here. New diagnostic kits aim to revolutionize early screening of the disease, potentially allowing patients to receive treatments—such as monoclonal antibodies—sooner.
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#wired.com. × #Nov.04.2025 A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones. By combining LED technology and nanomaterials, researchers have created a therapy that eliminates cancer cells using localized heat without damaging healthy tissue.
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#wired.com. × #Mar.28.2025 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.
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#wired.com. × #Mar.22.2025 The Art of the Perfect Nap. Done wisely, naps can be a valuable way to boost your focus and energy. A sleep researcher explains how to get it right.
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#wired.com. × #Mar.07.2025 Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections. Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are a f
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#wired.com. × #Mar.05.2025 An Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is Harming Patients’ Mental Health. Diagnosing patients when there aren’t effective treatments to give them can make their symptoms worse, argues neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan.
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#wired.com. × #Mar.01.2025 Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak. At least 146 measles cases have been identified in West Texas so far, including 20 hospitalizations and one death.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.27.2025 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.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.27.2025 USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working. Elon Musk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But Ebola programs are still in tatters, along with other livesaving efforts like AIDS treatments for childr
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#wired.com. × #Feb.25.2025 Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them. Monitoring the noises within ecosystems reveals their health—allowing researchers to monitor changes in biodiversity, detect threats, and measure the effectiveness of conservation strategies.
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#wired.com. × #Feb.24.2025 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.
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