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  • Maryn McKenna

    Maryn McKenna is an independent journalist and author who specializes in public health, global health, and food policy. She is a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University and the author of the new book Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats.

    • After Devastating Floods Comes a Fresh Scourge: Infectious Goo

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    • He Was Dying. Antibiotics Weren’t Working. Then Doctors Tried a Forgotten Treatment.

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    • Ferris Wheels, Funnel Cake, and…Swine Flu?

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    • In India, a Better Economy Means More Chickens—and Loads More Antibiotics

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    • The Meat Industry Refuses to Track Drugs on America’s Farms—and It’s Making Superbugs Worse

      Maryn McKenna

    • We Have No Way of Knowing if This Scary Superbug Has Already Hit the United States

      Maryn McKenna

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