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Maryn McKenna

Maryn McKenna is the author of Superbug and Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats.
  • Melanie Lambrick

    Coffee Rust Is Going to Ruin Your Morning

    Coffee plants were supposed to be safe on this side of the Atlantic. But the fungus found them.

    • Maryn McKenna
    • September 16, 2020
  • Rachel Suggs

    Killer Tulips Hiding in Plain Sight

    Thanks to the compounds used to protect precious flowers, antifungal resistance is here—and it could be just as dangerous to humans as antibiotic resistance.

    • Maryn McKenna
    • November 15, 2018
  • Vincent Fournier

    Hunting for Antibiotics in the World’s Dirtiest Places

    “Compost bin. Pig trough. Dog-food bowl. Laptop keyboard.”

    • Maryn McKenna
    • July/August 2017 Issue
  • How to Fight Superbugs

    One scientist’s solution to drug-resistant bacteria

    • Maryn McKenna, Caitlin Cadieux, Nicolas Pollock, and Alice Roth
    • June 19, 2017
  • 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 safety issue risks turning the responsible bacteria into a major health crisis.

    • Maryn McKenna
    • July 11, 2012
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