Fight like a mother
Doctors said my son would die. I wouldn’t believe them, raised millions of dollars and travelled the world for a cure
Amber Freed, as told to Lina Zeldovich
Lina Zeldovich is a journalist and author. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American and Undark, among others. She is the author of The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health (2021) and The Living Medicine: How a Lifesaving Cure Was Nearly Lost – and Why It Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail (2024). She lives in New York City.
Written by Lina Zeldovich