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Debora MacKenzie

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Writer on infectious disease, complexity, the science of humans. Author of "Stopping the next pandemic: how Covid-19 can help us save humanity" (2021).

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Debora MacKenzie’s Biography

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I have been a major contributor to New Scientist, the British science and technology weekly, since 1982. For many years I have mostly written about infectious disease, arms control, resource management, fisheries, food production, issues emerging from social complexity and the scientific understanding of social phenomena such as migration, denialism, economic development and political organisation. My educational background is in biology, with graduate work in electrophysiology and pharmacology…

Debora MacKenzie’s Journalist Portfolio

How Trump's 'ban' on science words could harm public health

How Trump's 'ban' on science words could harm public health

The Trump administration has reportedly banned the leading US public health agency from using certain words i…

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Winter flu: All the essential facts you need to know

Winter flu: All the essential facts you need to know

lt;p>The annual flu epidemic is already stalking the northern hemisphere, and if it’s anything like what hit …

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The truth about migration

The truth about migration

lt;p>Humans migrate. It is a characteristic of our species. Yet now a migration crisis is headline news. Shou…

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Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry

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By Debora MacKenzie Verified
| Inkl
Activists from the Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation and students protest about the impact of single-use plastic, Surabaya, Indonesia, 16 July 2025. Photograph: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images Are we being injured and killed by ubiquitous, teeny-tiny shards of toxic plastic? Or aren’t we?
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Afrique de l'Ouest: Des cas cachés de fièvre de Lassa appellent à la vaccination

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By Debora MacKenzie Verified
| AllAfrica.com Français
GENEVE — La première estimation détaillée jamais réalisée sur les dégâts réels causés par la fièvre de Lassa, une maladie endémique en Afrique de l'Ouest, révèle qu'elle infecte 2,7 millions de personnes par an, soit dix fois plus que ce que les agences de santé avaient supposé.
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More people are at risk from deadly Lassa fever than we thought

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By Debora MacKenzie Verified
| Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Lassa fever burden in West Africa ten times higher than previously thought – study Potential new variants could increase human and economic costs Vaccines for those at risk, when available, could avert thousands of deaths The first-ever detailed estimate of the real damage done by Lassa fever, a virus endemic to West Africa, has found that it infects 2.7 million people a year, ten times more than health agencies had assumed.
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