Maryn has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Alta, Eater, Eating Well, FiveThirtyEight, The Food and Environment Reporting Network, The Guardian, Health, Medium, Modern Farmer, More, Mosaic, Mother Jones, MSNBC, Nature, Neo.Life, Newsweek, NPR, Scientific American, SELF, Slate, VICE, Weapons of Reason, WIRED, the Annals of Emergency Medicine, the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, CIDRAP, and Georgia Trend, among others.

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Wired

The Antibiotics Business is Broken—But There’s a Fix

The Antibiotics Business is Broken—But There’s a Fix
April 25, 2019

The True Dollar Cost of the Anti-Vaccine Movement

The True Dollar Cost of the Anti-Vaccine Movement
March 26, 2019

Colonialists Are Coming for Blood—Literally

Colonialists Are Coming for Blood—Literally
March 3, 2019

Can Lettuce Survive Climate Change?

Can Lettuce Survive Climate Change?
February 7, 2019

To Get Antibiotics Off Your Plate, Vote With Your Wallet

To Get Antibiotics Off Your Plate, Vote With Your Wallet
December 20, 2018
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The New York Times Magazine

Air Sickness: Why the menace of mosquitoes will only get worse

Air Sickness: Why the menace of mosquitoes will only get worse
April 20, 2017

Home to Roost: The looming threat of avian flu

Home to Roost: The looming threat of avian flu
April 13, 2016

The New Republic

The Plague Years

The Plague Years
April 1, 2019

The Atlantic

When Tulips Kill

When Tulips Kill
November 15, 2018

Hunting for Antibiotics in the World’s Dirtiest Places

Hunting for Antibiotics in the World’s Dirtiest Places
July 1, 2017

How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug

How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug
July 11, 2012

Mosaic

Why Are So Many People Getting a Meat Allergy?

Why Are So Many People Getting a Meat Allergy?
December 11, 2018

Mother Jones

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

He Was Dying. Antibiotics Weren’t Working. Then Doctors Tried a Forgotten Treatment.
May 1, 2018

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

The Meat Industry Refuses to Track Drugs on America’s Farms—and It’s Making Superbugs Worse
July 14, 2017

Pig-related infections spread in Denmark, may be in U.S. too

Pig-related infections spread in Denmark, may be in U.S. too
June 8, 2017

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

The Meat Industry Refuses to Track Drugs on America’s Farms—and It’s Making Superbugs Worse
June 8, 2017

Alta

Future Planting

Future Planting
July 31, 2018

Eater

The Jamón Went Down to Georgia

The Jamón Went Down to Georgia
April 18, 2018

Nature

Antibiotics Set to Flood Florida’s Troubled Orange Orchards

Antibiotics Set to Flood Florida’s Troubled Orange Orchards
March 19, 2019

Antibiotic resistance: The last resort Health officials are watching in horror as bacteria become resistant to powerful carbapenem antibiotics — one of the last drugs on the shelf

Antibiotic resistance: The last resort Health officials are watching in horror as bacteria become resistant to powerful carbapenem antibiotics — one of the last drugs on the shelf
July 24, 2013

Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA

Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA
February 1, 2012

National Geographic News

What a Gold Rush-era orchard could mean for the future of food

What a Gold Rush-era orchard could mean for the future of food
October 16, 2018

New Way to Fight Superbugs Found in Noxious Weed

New Way to Fight Superbugs Found in Noxious Weed
February 15, 2017

Child Mummy Found With Oldest Known Smallpox Virus

Child Mummy Found With Oldest Known Smallpox Virus
December 8, 2016

Military Labs Are Too Careless With Deadly Diseases: Report

Military Labs Are Too Careless With Deadly Diseases: Report
May 6, 2016

Here’s What We Know Now About Zika and Birth Defects

Here’s What We Know Now About Zika and Birth Defects
March 7, 2016

Newsweek

After years of debate, the FDA finally curtails antibiotic use in livestock

After years of debate, the FDA finally curtails antibiotic use in livestock
January 13, 2017

Critical Vaccine Shortage Threatens Polio Eradication Efforts

Critical Vaccine Shortage Threatens Polio Eradication Efforts
December 29, 2016

Smithsonian

How to Stop a Lethal Virus

How to Stop a Lethal Virus
November 1, 2017

Food and Environment Reporting Network

Antibiotic use in India’s chicken industry is a looming disaster

Antibiotic use in India’s chicken industry is a looming disaster
July 25, 2017

Perdue gets high marks from activists on its chicken reforms

Perdue gets high marks from activists on its chicken reforms
July 19, 2017

Many options for replacing antibiotics in meat supply, but is demand high?

Many options for replacing antibiotics in meat supply, but is demand high?
July 11, 2017

Pig-related infections spread in Denmark, may be in U.S. too

Pig-related infections spread in Denmark, may be in U.S. too
June 8, 2017

Shareholders, activists pressure restaurants on antibiotic use in meat

Shareholders, activists pressure restaurants on antibiotic use in meat
May 31, 2017
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NPR

The U.S. Can’t Really Know If Farmers Are Cutting Back On Antibiotics, GAO Says

The U.S. Can’t Really Know If Farmers Are Cutting Back On Antibiotics, GAO Says
March 24, 2017

Atlanta Magazine

White Oak Pastures’ General Store is the first retail store to open in Bluffton in more than 40 years

White Oak Pastures’ General Store is the first retail store to open in Bluffton in more than 40 years
October 13, 2016

Tonic (VICE Health)

Babies in California Are Being Born With Syphilis

Babies in California Are Being Born With Syphilis
November 17, 2016

FiveThirtyEight

If Waffle House Is Closed, It’s Time To Panic: After a hurricane, the 24/7 restaurant provides one measure of how infrastructure and supply chains are holding up.

If Waffle House Is Closed, It’s Time To Panic: After a hurricane, the 24/7 restaurant provides one measure of how infrastructure and supply chains are holding up.
December 6, 2016

Modern Farmer

The Abstinence Method Dutch farmers just say no to antibiotics for livestock

The Abstinence Method Dutch farmers just say no to antibiotics for livestock
June 17, 2014

A French Farm Show: Cows, Protesters and, Of Course, Cheese

A French Farm Show: Cows, Protesters and, Of Course, Cheese
March 7, 2014

From Factory Farm to Organic Icon: Will Harris III grew up on conventional farming. But now his family’s legacy is anything but

From Factory Farm to Organic Icon: Will Harris III grew up on conventional farming. But now his family’s legacy is anything but
September 2, 2013

Slate

The Future of Chicken: How to mass-produce meat without breeding killer microbes

The Future of Chicken: How to mass-produce meat without breeding killer microbes
April 1, 2014

Dengue, aka “Breakbone Fever,” Is Back: The vicious virus has re-established itself in the South, and mosquitoes are carrying it north

Dengue, aka “Breakbone Fever,” Is Back: The vicious virus has re-established itself in the South, and mosquitoes are carrying it north
December 2, 2012

The Father of the Chicken Nugget: Robert C. Baker was a poultry savant. But his contribution to fast food has been erased from the history books

The Father of the Chicken Nugget: Robert C. Baker was a poultry savant. But his contribution to fast food has been erased from the history books
December 2, 2012

Medium

Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future: After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely?

Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future: After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely?
November 20, 2013

Boston at a distance, in the dark

Boston at a distance, in the dark
April 20, 2013

MSNBC.com

Man flips truck after cold sore virus travels to his brain

Man flips truck after cold sore virus travels to his brain
May 12, 2011

Scientific American

A Flu Vaccine That’s Always in Season A single shot to thwart all flu viruses may be within reach

A Flu Vaccine That’s Always in Season A single shot to thwart all flu viruses may be within reach
January 1, 2014

Why Whooping Cough Vaccines Are Wearing Off

Why Whooping Cough Vaccines Are Wearing Off
October 2, 2013

Rethinking Rabies: Some rabies infections may not be lethal, but be especially wary of dog bites

Rethinking Rabies: Some rabies infections may not be lethal, but be especially wary of dog bites
August 2, 2013

Shock to the System: During sepsis, the body attacks itself. Researchers are working on new ways to fight back

Shock to the System: During sepsis, the body attacks itself. Researchers are working on new ways to fight back
April 1, 2013

Small Gadgets That Make You Healthier Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends

Small Gadgets That Make You Healthier Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends
March 1, 2013
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Self

The Dangerous Superbugs Hiding in Your Dinner

The Dangerous Superbugs Hiding in Your Dinner
June 14, 2012

Saving Carol Decker: Her Nearly-Fatal Fight With Sepsis

Saving Carol Decker: Her Nearly-Fatal Fight With Sepsis
January 12, 2012

The Rising Dangers of Ticks

The Rising Dangers of Ticks
March 16, 2011

Germophobia

Germophobia
February 14, 2009

Morgellons mystery

Morgellons mystery
September 17, 2008
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Annals of Emergency Medicine

Rabies Reason: CDC Panel Recommends Reduced Vaccine Dosing for Rabies Exposures

Rabies Reason: CDC Panel Recommends Reduced Vaccine Dosing for Rabies Exposures
April 10, 2017

NIH Launches Emergency Care Research Office

NIH Launches Emergency Care Research Office
March 2, 2013

CMS Head CT Rule Under Fire

CMS Head CT Rule Under Fire
August 2, 2012

Reaping the Whirlwind: Emergency Physician Recounts His Fateful Brush With Deadly Twister in Joplin, MO

Reaping the Whirlwind: Emergency Physician Recounts His Fateful Brush With Deadly Twister in Joplin, MO
September 6, 2011

Aging Gracefully? Patient Safety Advocates Call for Ongoing Skills Assessments for Older Physicians

Aging Gracefully? Patient Safety Advocates Call for Ongoing Skills Assessments for Older Physicians
September 6, 2011
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Health

The Truth About Staph

The Truth About Staph
September 2, 2001

The Guardian

The reason why this deadly E coli makes doctors shudder

The reason why this deadly E coli makes doctors shudder
June 5, 2011

Georgia Trend

Julie Gerberding: On the Public Health Frontline

Julie Gerberding: On the Public Health Frontline
February 1, 2007

Ready or Not?

Ready or Not?
October 1, 2006

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy News (selected)

ERs felt pandemic flu fear before flu itself

ERs felt pandemic flu fear before flu itself
May 5, 2010

New Canadian studies suggest seasonal flu shot increased H1N1 risk

New Canadian studies suggest seasonal flu shot increased H1N1 risk
April 6, 2010

Half of parents concerned about vaccine side effects

Half of parents concerned about vaccine side effects
March 1, 2010

New tool helps trace MRSA’s local, global spread

New tool helps trace MRSA’s local, global spread
January 21, 2010

MRSA clone in food animals worrisome, expert says

MRSA clone in food animals worrisome, expert says
January 4, 2010
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