Maryn McKenna

Maryn McKenna is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and Mother Jones. Her new book, Big Chicken, is about the harmful overuse of antibiotics in
animal agriculture.

Bats have harbored dangerous coronaviruses that crossed to humans, like SARS-CoV-2.

These Scientists Hunt for Viruses in Animals Before They Strike Humans

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers were searching for potential human pathogens in wild animals. They’ve found thousands

Flu pandemics begin when novel animal viruses start spreading between people.

How to Stop a Lethal Virus

With tens of millions of lives at stake, medical researchers are racing to create a revolutionary flu vaccine before the next devastating epidemic

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