Articles by

Maryn McKenna

In the War on Bacteria, It’s Time to Call in the Phages

Ella Balasa was 26 when she realized the routine medical treatments that sustained her were no longer...

Feral Hogs Are the Worst Invasive Species You've Never Thought About

Think of the worst invasive species you know. Kudzu: smothering trees and houses, growing a foot a...

It’s Time for a Flu Vaccine—for Birds

The wave of avian influenza H5N1—which so far has hit 76 countries, triggered national emergencies, and created...

The Bird Flu Outbreak Has Taken an Ominous Turn

This week, Argentina and Uruguay declared national health emergencies following outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, the fast-moving...

The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis Has a Troubling Twist

A report released today by the United Nations says that we’ve neglected a major component of the...

The Last Drug That Can Fight Gonorrhea Is Starting to Falter

To an unfamiliar eye, the press release from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health two weeks ago...

Drug Shortages Aren’t New. The Tripledemic Just Made You Look

Shortages persist because of complex structural problems. Take, for instance, one that the pandemic briefly made visible: the...

The UK Is Enduring an Onslaught of Scarlet Fever. Is the US Next?

It’s that backdrop of cases—rising to historic heights with no clear explanation why—that reinforces the alarm over...