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Maryn McKenna

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I'm an independent journalist specializing in public health, global health and food policy; for the past couple of years I've had a special interest in antibiotic misuse and overuse in medicine and agriculture.

I'm a National Geographic contributor, and I also write for the New York Times Magazine, VICE, The Atlantic, Slate, Nature, The Guardian, Modern Farmer, and other pubs and sites in the US and Europe. I was previously a contributing writer at WIRED and a contributing editor at Scientific …

Maryn McKenna’s Journalist Portfolio

Terrorists Hamper Polio Eradication Efforts in Africa

Terrorists Hamper Polio Eradication Efforts in Africa

Porous borders, shifting populations, and terrorism have led to the resurgence of the paralyzing disease in N…

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How We'll Tackle Diseases That Are Becoming Untreatable

How We'll Tackle Diseases That Are Becoming Untreatable

The United Nations just declared antibiotic resistance “the greatest and most urgent global risk.” Here’s wha…

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The Looming Threat of Avian Flu

The Looming Threat of Avian Flu

The avian flu epidemic of 2015 devastated American poultry farms. the next one could be worse—and no one know…

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The Abstinence Method - Modern Farmer

The Abstinence Method - Modern Farmer

After a national crisis, Dutch farmers learned to say no to antibiotics for livestock.

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Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future

Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future

After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. What will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like…

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How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug

How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug

Continuing to treat urinary tract infections as a short-term, routine ailment rather than a long-term food sa…

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Odporność na fistaszki

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By Maryn McKenna
| projektpulsar.pl
Nowe terapie mogą uwolnić miliony dzieci i dorosłych od śmiertelnego zagrożenia alergią na orzeszki ziemne – jednego z najszybciej narastających problemów medycznych. Anabelle Terry, szczupła, pewna siebie 13-latka, zna historię z masłem orzechowym od zawsze. Gdy miała dwa i pół roku, spróbowała orzechów po raz pierwszy. Jej mama, Victoria, przygotowała mały smakołyk: popcorn polany roztopionym karmelem, czekoladą i masłem orzechowym. Anabelle zjadła go z apetytem.
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New Treatments Can Free Kids from the Deadly Threat of Peanut Allergy

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By Maryn McKenna
| Scientific American
Anabelle Terry, a slender, self-possessed 13-year-old, has heard the peanut butter story her entire life. At two and a half she ate nuts for the first time. Her mother, Victoria, had made a little treat: popcorn drizzled with melted caramel, chocolate and peanut butter. Anabelle gobbled it down. “And afterward, I felt really sick,” she says. A few minutes later she vomited on the kitchen floor. There was more trouble ahead.
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Scientific American - science - Read this story on Magzter.com

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By Maryn McKenna
| Magzter Inc.
Scientific American | September 2025 Remarkable new treatments can free millions of kids and adults from the deadly threat of peanut allergy, tackling one of our fastest-growing medical problems ANABELLE TERRY, A SLENDER, self-possessed 13-year-old, has heard the peanut butter story her entire life. At two and a half she ate nuts for the first time. Her mother, Victoria, had made a little treat: popcorn drizzled with melted caramel, chocolate and peanut butter. Anabelle gobbled it down.
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