Flu cases rise on west coast earlier than usual as US officials encourage vaccine
California flu test rate at 9.65%, higher than normal 1% rate for early October, amid mutation of H1N1 influenza A strainFlu cases on the west coast are on the rise months earlier than normal, prompting health officials to stress the importance of the…
The Social Society Helping Women Join the AI Boom
WIRED spoke with the founders of the Aged Intelligence Society, a fast-growing events startup that brings women together to “solve midlife problems using frontier tools.”
Adoptees from Korea say they were isolated and abused in the US. Were they also ‘stolen’ from their birth parents?
Last year, South Korea took responsibility for enabling the ‘mass export’ of children for sale abroad. Now those uprooted are grappling with false promises of a better lifeAs international, transracial adoptees in their 30s in the US, Jacquelyn Wells and…
Supreme court blocks Trump’s bid to restrict gender care for trans prisoners
Decision stands in contrast to recent trans rights actions from court that often sides with Trump administrationThe US supreme court went against Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, refusing to allow the immediate enforcement of sweeping…
‘Invasive and extreme’: doctors fight anti-trans measure requiring genital exams for student athletes
A Washington referendum has drawn broad opposition from adults who work with queer and trans teensFor Kelsey Gellner, a Seattle-based pediatric nurse, a statewide proposal to bar trans girls from sports participation feels like a violation of her duty as…
United Airlines CEO faces rightwing backlash after calling for US wealth tax
Scott Kirby says wealth inequality is a ‘danger to society’ and calls for inheritance tax in recent interviewScott Kirby, the CEO of United Airlines, is under scrutiny from conservative politicians and commentators for saying wealth inequality is a…
‘It’s the most heartbreaking thing’: the active-duty soldiers who have to visit Texas food banks
Nearly half of enlisted families struggled to afford enough food last year. Congress has known for decades how to solve the problem• This article was produced with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, and supported by the Economic Hardship…
Solder-darity forever: how ‘fixit’ clubs are helping Americans save money and make new friends
Community repair clinics around the country are teaching people how to fix their belongings and push back against throwaway cultureOn a recent Monday night, a volunteer-run workspace in Brooklyn, New York, bustled with dozens of fixers. Some tinkered…
Move over, pervert glasses – the latest toxic trend is robogroping
Whenever a new technology is created, it will, without exception, immediately be used to harass girls and womenYou may be familiar with rule 34 of the internet, which states that if something exists or can be imagined, there will almost certainly be…