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: New Coalition Investing Millions to Stop Outbreaks Like Ebola & Zika Before They Explode
News: Thinking About Sushi Tonight? Your Raw Fish May Come with a Side of Invasive Parasite
News: Gut May Hold Key to Infectious Brain Diseases
Synthetic Biology: Student Team Gives Dangerous E. Coli a New Role as Bacteria Detective
News: Genetically-Modified Parasites Could Save People from Malaria
News: Microbes Behave Strangely—& Potentially Dangerously—In Space
News: How El Niño—& Climate Change—Kill People with Virus Epidemics
News: Do the CDC's Suggested New Quarantine Rules Give Them Too Much Power?
News: Extreme Cave-Dwelling Bacteria Found to Be Resistant to Antibiotics
News: Visiting a National Park in the East? Watch for Lyme-Spreading Ticks
News: How Probiotics & Prebiotics Keep the Microbes in Your Gut Healthy
News: Syphilis Has Returned with New Drug Resistance
News: What Are Superbugs? Everything You Need to Know About Antibiotic Resistance
News: Here's How Bacteria Causes Acne & Pimples
News: Even Without Symptoms, Men Could Suffer Lasting Fertility Impacts from Zika
News: 'Vampire' Bacteria May Lead Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
News: Coffee Isn't the Only Thing Brewing in Your Nespresso—Extremophiles Could Be Living in Your Drip Tray
News: How to Avoid Food Poisoning & Keep Your Cooking Safe with These Tips
News: 3 Reasons to Be Worried About the Coming Flu Season
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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: What Are Superbugs? Everything You Need to Know About Antibiotic Resistance
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News: The Problem with Farmed Fish — Their Food Is Spreading Antibiotic Resistance
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News: Hold That Breath — Fungus Goes Airborne Easier Than We Thought
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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: Watch Out Amateur Mushroom Hunters — Death Caps Are Nothing to Mess With
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News: Organic or Not, Your Produce Is Loaded with Bacteria, Inside & Out
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News: 10 Terrifying Diseases You're Going to Be Hearing a Lot More About
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News: Livestock Antibiotic Use Increases Threat of Resistant Microbes to Humans
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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: Listeria May Be a Cause of Early Undiagnosed Miscarriage
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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: Coffee Isn't the Only Thing Brewing in Your Nespresso—Extremophiles Could Be Living in Your Drip Tray
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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: 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: Dangerous Dengue Fever Could Go Worldwide, with Help from Air Travel & Climate Change
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Prime Directive: How NASA's Planetary Protection Officer Keeps Our Germs from Contaminating Other Planets (& Vice Versa)
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News: Change of Tune? Not Everyone Needs to Finish That Course of Antibiotics
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News: Ancient Fungus Gives Trees a Better Chance at Surviving Hotter Temperatures
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News: Penis Microbiome Could Enhance Risk of Infection with HIV
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News: Tougher Than Steel — Tardigrades Will Survive Until the Sun Explodes
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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