*Candida auris* spreads explosively in hospitals, but little is known about its origins. Figuring that out…
Author: Maryn McKenna
The Death of a Patient and the Future of ***** Transplants
**** transplants work so well against some infections that they’re becoming a first line of defense.…
The Terrifying Unknowns of an Exotic Invasive Tick
The Asian longhorned tick showed up in the US last year and has flourished in unexpected…
The Radical Plan to Change How Antibiotics Get Developed
The traditional structure of the pharma business doesn't work for antibiotics. The answer might lie in…
The Antibiotics Business Is Broken—But There’s a Fix
Attempts to develop new antibiotics are failing because the projects aren't profitable. To make new drugs,…
The True Dollar Cost of the Anti-Vaccine Movement
Medical responders spend millions of tax dollars handling disease outbreaks that could have been prevented—with vaccines.
Colonialists Are Coming For Blood—Literally
The latest way in which wealthy countries are profiting off developing nations is by harvesting useful…
Can Lettuce Survive Climate Change?
Freak weather events—a new constant in our changing climate—may be making leafy greens less safe to…
To Get Antibiotics Off Your Plate, Vote With Your Wallet
Obama-era regulation was supposed to curtail livestock antibiotics. But consumers are pushing Perdue, McDonalds, Tyson, Walmart,…
A New Disease Is Testing Us for the Next Global Epidemic
As perplexing to diagnose as it is to treat, acute flaccid myelitis may foreshadow whether our…