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Michael Specter

Science & Engineering | Biographies & Memoirs

Michael Specter writes about science, technology, and global public health for The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1998. Specter previously worked for the The New York Times as a roving correspondent based in Rome and before that as the Times's Moscow bureau chief. He also served as the national science reporter for The Washington Post as well as the New York bureau chief. He has twice received the Global Health Council's Excellence in Media Award, as well as the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Interview: Painting an Audio Portrait of 'Fauci'

'He completely changed his position and became a leader that they could look up to and work with.'

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Fauci
'He completely changed his position and became a leader that they could look up to and work with.'

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