What is Howard Markel?
{{Infobox person | name = Howard Markel | image = Howard Markel.jpg |caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|4|23}} | birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], United States | nationality = American | education = {{ubl| [[University of Michigan]]&nbsp;{{small|([[B.A.]])}}| [[University of Michigan Medical School]]&nbsp;{{small|([[M.D.]])}}| [[Johns Hopkins University]]&nbsp;{{small|([[Residency (medicine)|Residency]]; [[Ph.D.]])}} }} | occupation = Author, editor, pediatrician, professor, medical historian }} '''Howard Markel''' (born April 23, 1960) is an [[Americans|American]] [[physician]], [[author]], [[professor]] and a [[medical]] [[historian]]. Markel has written many books, such as ''Quarantine!'', ''When Germs Travel'', ''The Kelloggs'', and others. He has given advice to governments about how to manage [[epidemic]]s and diseases. In January 2020, he wrote an article for the [[New York Times]] criticizing the [[People's Republic of China|Chinese government]]'s actions about the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Markel |first1=Howard |title=Will the Largest Quarantine in History Just Make Things Worse? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/opinion/china-wuhan-virus-quarantine.html |access-date=27 January 2020 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=27 January 2020}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/107699/when-germs-travel-by-howard-markel/|title=When Germs Travel by Howard Markel: 9780375726026 - PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal|title=When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America Since 1900 and the Fears They Have Unleashed|first=John S|last=Marr|date=18 October 2004|journal=Medscape General Medicine|volume=6|issue=4|page=55|pmc=1480581}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Markel, Howard}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Writers