About Cynthia Wallentine
With a BS from the University of Utah, I have a real interest in the developing edge of science and the microbial world. On the writing side, I have worked in corporate, legal, media, and higher education settings. Science, photography, mythology – my interests and windows to the world.
Cynthia Wallentine's Latest Posts
News: Deadly Fish Virus May Take Pacific Salmon Off the Menu
News: Airlines' Reliance on Group Boarding Could Spread Pandemics
Inspirational Initiative: Cherokee Nation on the Way to Eliminating Hep C
News: Finally! First US Treatment Approved for Heart-Burrowing 'Kissing Bug' Parasite
News: The Problem with Farmed Fish — Their Food Is Spreading Antibiotic Resistance
News: Rising Tide of Dust in the US Could Mean Public Health Menace
Sweeter Than Blood: Researchers Are Making Mosquitoes' Preference for Sugar Deadly
Deadlier When Hot: These Infections Are Likely to Get Worse as the Climate Changes
News: New Research May Help Stop Deadly Lassa Virus
News: Bad News for Bats — Deadly Fungus Spreading This Summer
News: Seeing a Doctor? Make Sure They Clean Their Stethoscope
News: Unexpected Microbial Life in Glacial Clay Could Offer Antibiotic Solutions
News: You Don't Need Antibiotics for Pink Eye
News: Rare Raccoon Parasite Causing Blindness & Severe Brain Damage Could Be More Widespread Than We Knew
News: Good News, Eating Fish Is Safer! Bad News — Think Twice About Ordering the Grouper
News: In Love? True Togetherness Means Sharing the Same Microbes
News: Modern Life Means Less Gut Bacteria, More Chronic Disease
News: Sealed with a Kiss — Can Zika Be Transmitted Through Saliva?
Medical Mystery: Man Catches Zika, but No One Knows How
News: Dangerous Dengue Fever Could Go Worldwide, with Help from Air Travel & Climate Change
Prime Directive: How NASA's Planetary Protection Officer Keeps Our Germs from Contaminating Other Planets (& Vice Versa)
News: Change of Tune? Not Everyone Needs to Finish That Course of Antibiotics
News: Ancient Fungus Gives Trees a Better Chance at Surviving Hotter Temperatures
News: Penis Microbiome Could Enhance Risk of Infection with HIV
News: Tougher Than Steel — Tardigrades Will Survive Until the Sun Explodes
News: Researchers May Be Closing in on a Vaccine Against HIV
Space 'Shrooms: NASA Identifies What Kind of Fungi Could Grow in a Mars Habitat
News: Contaminated Breast Milk Devices Lead to Devastating Infant Injury
News: Google's Verily Trying to Debug Fresno with Bacteria-Treated Mosquitoes
News: Every Hour Untreated Sepsis Survival Drops 4% — Here Are the Symptoms to Watch For
News: Beware Your Child's Sandbox — Dangerous Pathogens Could Be Playing There Too
Put Down the Ointment: Topical Antibacterials Totally Disrupt Your Skin Microbiome
News: One Drop of Blood Could Save Your Life from Sepsis with New Test
News: Four Months & 79 Patients Later, Minnesota Measles Outbreak Is Still a Menace
News: 500,000 People Die Every Year from Infections Caught in Long-Term Care Facilities
What You Need to Know: The Dangerous Impact of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) During Childbirth
News: First Effective Vaccine Against Gonorrhea Reduces Infection Rate by 31% — by Accident
News: Melting Ice Sheets Are Releasing Toxins in Our Water — Bacteria Could Take Some of That Out of Play
News: Rate of Dangerous Recurring Diarrhea Infection Skyrocketing by Almost 200%
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News: Out Damn Spot! Researchers Discover Microbes Are the Reason for Stains on Ancient Scrolls
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News: Deadly Fish Virus May Take Pacific Salmon Off the Menu
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News: Airlines' Reliance on Group Boarding Could Spread Pandemics
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Inspirational Initiative: Cherokee Nation on the Way to Eliminating Hep C
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News: Finally! First US Treatment Approved for Heart-Burrowing 'Kissing Bug' Parasite
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News: The Problem with Farmed Fish — Their Food Is Spreading Antibiotic Resistance
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News: Rising Tide of Dust in the US Could Mean Public Health Menace
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Sweeter Than Blood: Researchers Are Making Mosquitoes' Preference for Sugar Deadly
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Deadlier When Hot: These Infections Are Likely to Get Worse as the Climate Changes
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News: New Research May Help Stop Deadly Lassa Virus
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News: Bad News for Bats — Deadly Fungus Spreading This Summer
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News: Seeing a Doctor? Make Sure They Clean Their Stethoscope
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News: Unexpected Microbial Life in Glacial Clay Could Offer Antibiotic Solutions
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News: You Don't Need Antibiotics for Pink Eye
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News: Rare Raccoon Parasite Causing Blindness & Severe Brain Damage Could Be More Widespread Than We Knew
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News: Good News, Eating Fish Is Safer! Bad News — Think Twice About Ordering the Grouper
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News: In Love? True Togetherness Means Sharing the Same Microbes
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News: Modern Life Means Less Gut Bacteria, More Chronic Disease
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News: Sealed with a Kiss — Can Zika Be Transmitted Through Saliva?
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Medical Mystery: Man Catches Zika, but No One Knows How
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News: Pasteurization Has Saved Millions of Lives, So Why Do People Want to Drink Raw Milk?
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News: Rare Raccoon Parasite Causing Blindness & Severe Brain Damage Could Be More Widespread Than We Knew
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News: Bacteria Turn Off Plant Genes to Help Parasites Destroy Billions of Dollars of Crops Every Year
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News: Thinking About Sushi Tonight? Your Raw Fish May Come with a Side of Invasive Parasite
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News: Modern Life Means Less Gut Bacteria, More Chronic Disease
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News: Scientists Are Using the Special Physics of Dragonfly Wings to Create Surfaces That Shred Bacteria on Contact
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News: Coffee Isn't the Only Thing Brewing in Your Nespresso—Extremophiles Could Be Living in Your Drip Tray
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News: Tougher Than Steel — Tardigrades Will Survive Until the Sun Explodes
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News: What Microbes May Be Living in the Oceans of Europa & Enceladus
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News: Heart-Damaging 'Kissing Bug' Parasite Infects Thousands a Year in the US — & You May Not Know Until It's Too Late
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News: A Beach Infected with Fecal Coliform Can Ruin Your Vacation, but Seagrasses Can Save the Day
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News: New JAMA Study Shows That Testing Gut Bacteria Can Predict Risk of Heart Attack
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News: Sexually Confused Fish Are the Canary in the Coal Mine of Water Pollution—But Bacteria Could Come to the Rescue
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News: Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi ... All the Words You Need to Know to Understand Microbes
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News: Out Damn Spot! Researchers Discover Microbes Are the Reason for Stains on Ancient Scrolls
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News: Deadly Fish Virus May Take Pacific Salmon Off the Menu
-
News: Airlines' Reliance on Group Boarding Could Spread Pandemics
-
Inspirational Initiative: Cherokee Nation on the Way to Eliminating Hep C
-
News: Finally! First US Treatment Approved for Heart-Burrowing 'Kissing Bug' Parasite
-
News: The Problem with Farmed Fish — Their Food Is Spreading Antibiotic Resistance
-
News: Rising Tide of Dust in the US Could Mean Public Health Menace
-
Sweeter Than Blood: Researchers Are Making Mosquitoes' Preference for Sugar Deadly
-
Deadlier When Hot: These Infections Are Likely to Get Worse as the Climate Changes
-
News: New Research May Help Stop Deadly Lassa Virus
-
News: Bad News for Bats — Deadly Fungus Spreading This Summer
-
News: Seeing a Doctor? Make Sure They Clean Their Stethoscope
-
News: Unexpected Microbial Life in Glacial Clay Could Offer Antibiotic Solutions
-
News: You Don't Need Antibiotics for Pink Eye
-
News: Good News, Eating Fish Is Safer! Bad News — Think Twice About Ordering the Grouper
-
News: In Love? True Togetherness Means Sharing the Same Microbes
-
News: Sealed with a Kiss — Can Zika Be Transmitted Through Saliva?
-
Medical Mystery: Man Catches Zika, but No One Knows How
-
News: Dangerous Dengue Fever Could Go Worldwide, with Help from Air Travel & Climate Change
-
Prime Directive: How NASA's Planetary Protection Officer Keeps Our Germs from Contaminating Other Planets (& Vice Versa)
-
News: Change of Tune? Not Everyone Needs to Finish That Course of Antibiotics
-
News: Ancient Fungus Gives Trees a Better Chance at Surviving Hotter Temperatures
-
News: Penis Microbiome Could Enhance Risk of Infection with HIV
-
News: Researchers May Be Closing in on a Vaccine Against HIV
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Space 'Shrooms: NASA Identifies What Kind of Fungi Could Grow in a Mars Habitat
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News: Contaminated Breast Milk Devices Lead to Devastating Infant Injury