Arthur Allen (born 1959 in

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) is an American author and journalist.

Education

Allen graduated from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

in 1981 with an AB in development studies.

Career

Since 1995, Allen has mainly written about biology and medicine. He became a freelance writer in 1996, writing articles for a variety of publications, including the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, Mother Jones, and Redbook. In 2007, his book '' Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver'' was published by

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. Additional books he has written include ''Ripe: The Search For The Perfect Tomato'' (2011), and ''The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl'' (2014). In 2014, Allen joined the Staff of

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as eHealth editor, writing and editing stories about heath IT. In March 2020 he left Politico and became an editor at Kaiser Health News.

Personal life

Allen is married to ''

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'' writer

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, with whom he has a son and a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Arthur 1959 births Living people American non-fiction writers University of California, Berkeley alumni Writers from Cincinnati American medical writers American freelance journalists