Amy Maxmen

Correspondent

The World

Amy Maxmen is a freelance journalist who covers the entanglements of evolution, medicine, policy and of the people behind research. Her stories appear in a variety of outlets, including Nova/PBS, National Geographic, Nature, Newsweek, Al Jazeera and the New York Times. Her reporting from Ethiopia on the origin of humanity is anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015. She previously served as senior editor at Nautilus magazine. Prior to writing, she earned a Ph.D. in evolution from Harvard University


One of many banners around Freetown, Sierra Leone, warning people not to touch one another because of Ebola.

Emerging from the spectre of Ebola

Health

The number of infected in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea is less than seven times what it was in February. As a result, people are feeling freer to leave their homes and go back to normal life. But some experts worry that with comfort comes complacency.