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Author: Kate Knibbs

Posted on October 21, 2026

Telehealth Giant Hims Wants to Test Every Dude for Low Testosterone

The company plans to offer testosterone replacement therapy, marking its first foray into prescribing controlled substances.
Posted on September 18, 2026

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.
Posted on September 1, 2026

Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex

How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy.
Posted on July 27, 2026

Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago

Beluga whales were in danger of getting euthanized after a Canadian theme park went bust. WIRED spoke with some of the scientists behind the groundbreaking rescue mission.
Posted on August 20, 2025

Government Staffing Cuts Have Fueled an Ant-Smuggling Boom

“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.”
Posted on August 20, 2025

Government Staffing Cuts Have Fueled an Ant-Smuggling Boom

“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.”
Posted on June 10, 2025

‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US

Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side effects.
Posted on May 15, 2025

Blocked From Selling Off-Brand Ozempic, Telehealth Startups Embrace a Less Effective Drug

As the FDA halts the sale of Ozempic and Zepbound copycats, online clinics have begun offering liraglutide, an older GLP-1 medication injected daily instead of weekly.
Posted on March 17, 2025

DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
Posted on March 3, 2025

A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.

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