Linda MarsaLinda Marsa is the four-time winner of the June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Journalism and a former writer for the Los Angeles Times health section. She is the author of two books, Fevered: Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health and Prescriptio for Profits: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Bankrolled the Unholy Marriage Between Science and Business. She is a contributing writer for Discover who has written for dozens of other publications, including Playboy, U.S. News & World Report, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Parade, Pacific Standard, Financial Times, Smart Money, Popular Science, American Archaeology, Glamour, More, Utne Reader, AARP, Self, The Daily Beast, and Reader's Digest. Read More Read Less