She is a journalist for the prestigious Science magazine, and for 17 years was a member of the editorial team of Nature magazine.
She was a member of the think tank «New America» and has collaborated with the main US newspapers and magazines.
She has a degree in human biology from Standford University and a degree in medicine from Oxford University. She has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
She has published several non-fiction works, including «The Vaccine Race», a Book Prize nominee, and the Washinton Post’s Notable Nonfiction Book of 2017. It was also named as one of the best science books of 2017 by The Guardian.