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Health
'Tis the Season
Brace Yourself for a Triple Wave of Seasonal Viruses
Sabrina Weiss
WIRED Q&A
Anthony Fauci’s Sign-Off Message
Steven Levy
Bad Trip
The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context
Grace Browne
Public Health
How Peaceful Crowds Turn Into a Deadly Crush
Amanda Hoover
Infectious Diseases
Thawing Permafrost Exposes Old Pathogens—and New Hosts
Grace Browne
Public Health
Where Did Omicron Come From? Maybe Its First Host Was Mice
Maryn McKenna
Hot Water
After the Flood, the Flesh-Eating Bacteria
Meghan Herbst
Public Health
The US Is Finally Considering Protections Against Salmonella
Maryn McKenna
Public Health
Ebola Is Back—and Vaccines Don’t Work Against It
Esther Nakkazi
Public Health
How Iodine Pills Can—and Can’t—Help Against Radiation
Emily Mullin
R&D
Big Pharma Says Drug Prices Reflect R&D Cost. Researchers Call BS
Grace Browne
FUREVER AFTER
The Search for a Pill That Can Help Dogs—and Humans—Live Longer
Tom Simonite
Public Health
Wildfire Smoke May Carry Deadly Fungi Long Distances
Maryn McKenna
Public Health
It’s Time to Treat Housing Insecurity as a Health Risk
Kasra Zarei
Small Planet
Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapse
Matt Reynolds
In That Vein
Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups
Chris Baraniuk
Bots Run the Web
The Problem With Mental Health Bots
Grace Browne
Public Health
When Will the Pandemic Truly Be ‘Over’?
Maryn McKenna
Secret Weapon
Viruses to Fight Superbugs? Scientists Are Working on It
Victoria Turk
Shots Fired
How to Find Your Vaccine History—and Store It Safely
Carol Milberger
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