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SUPERBUG the blog: Public health, global health, diseases, food policy, by Maryn McKenna at Wired.com. SUPERBUG the book: Now in paperback! Free Press/S&S.

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I have a new blog home! at @NatGeo with @laelaps @edyong209 @carlzimmer @nadiamdrake. here’s Germination!: http://t.co/4Y6vED8Y1t

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front-line Ebola workers — and Bill Gates — say we’re not ready for the next epidemic. #TED2015 http://t.co/Er7h1EOpaP

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Ebola isn’t over — and it could cause thousands more deaths by fostering a measles outbreak. http://t.co/cOn0ylCs2b

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US health care workers who volunteered to fight Ebola and caught the disease struggle with after-effects and stigma http://t.co/7CBsfDZd9O

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the poultry industry responds to the farmer who filed last week for whistleblower protection http://t.co/nuZlT3FaOd

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The chicken farmer who let animal-welfare activists film his farm has filed for whistleblower protection: http://t.co/nn0fjb9xFS

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“pig MRSA,” from feeding antibiotics to hogs, is back, and researchers say it is a “serious hazard to humans.” http://t.co/yuSaOODh8m

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Ebola’s not over yet. I talked to a front-line worker in Liberia about what stands in the way of ending it. http://t.co/9tpOMHa0B4

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The White House budget request on antibiotic resistance, $1.2 billion: surveillance, education, fancy new drugs. http://t.co/rZylEeraWI

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the true cost of Ebola isn't just illnesses and deaths; it's reversing economic growth http://t.co/8YbPvkcZWA

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In 2014, we over-reacted to Ebola crossing borders and under-reacted to every other disease that did.
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last holiday season, 4 people caught measles by sitting in an airport gate. if you’re traveling, get your shots. http://t.co/iGBsEHqczt

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if antibiotic resistance continues unchecked, it could kill 10 million people per year and cost $100 trilllion: http://t.co/1KmzlL8s3b

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A factory farmer partners with an animal-welfare activist, and opens his barn to cameras http://t.co/qjvli29TfI

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analysis of FDA’s planned controls on farm-antibiotic use shows ¼ of drugs will slide past “voluntary” ban http://t.co/qhkkx9vCcs

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How can an average person help stop antibiotic resistance? Consider buying an antibiotic-free turkey for T-day. http://t.co/Of6ifjMk4x

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The US is Ebola-free now, but the latest outbreak in Mali demonstrates that Ebola remains tragic and hard to predict. http://t.co/t5HoWQvie7

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An African virologist charges that African corruption made Ebola worse. Highlighting @kakape’s report from #IMED2014: http://t.co/ERGJ47uHLr

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What will happen if Ebola can’t be contained? Social unrest, disruption of trade, maybe a financial crisis: http://t.co/nIao9cHWCU

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I’ve rounded up some of the #Ebolanoia events at Wired (with nods to stories by @tarahaelle and @dropeik). http://t.co/36OIh6IhPF