“Still, on average, 97 percent of the MRSA isolates were USA300. In addition, 74 percent of them were a single identical strain, dubbed USA300–0114. For a bacterium that usually was extraordinarily diverse, this was unheard-of.11” — Maryn McKenna Copy Share Image
“Food animals also get antibiotics for “growth promotion,” a metabolically mysterious process that has made possible the entire high-volume, low-margin business of industrial-scale farming.… — Maryn McKenna Copy Share
“Still, on average, 97 percent of the MRSA isolates were USA300. In addition, 74 percent of them were a single identical strain, dubbed USA300–0114.… — Maryn McKenna Copy Share
“Health and dignity are indissociable in human beings,” he said at the ceremony. “It is a duty to stay close to victims and guarantee… — Maryn McKenna Copy Share
“She was in charge of the 'red team,' the group taking blood samples. (The group collecting urine to check pesticide exposure levels called themselves… — Maryn McKenna Copy Share
“Jails and prisons are unique medical ecosystems. Many of the people who end up there are already in shaky health from drug use, marginal… — Maryn McKenna Copy Share
“Staph colonization is remarkable. There is no other disease-causing bacterium that is carried, without causing infection, by such a substantial slice of the population.… — Maryn McKenna Copy Share
