1: Writer LAURIE GARRETT has been a science reporter for NPR, New York "Newsday," "Omni," and other publications. GARRETT is also the author of the new book, "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance" (Farrar, Straus, Giroux). The book explores the emergence of new infectious viruses like AIDS and Ebola, and the new strains of known diseases that are resistant to many treatments. GARRETT examines the conditions that favor the spread of these microbes and looks at possible solutions to stop the diseases.
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