An alarming new report published by The Lancet on April 5 reveals that drug-resistant malaria has spontaneously emerged from yet another hotspot in southeast Asia. If the super-parasites erupt elsewhere—such as in malaria’s African heartland—years of progress against the disease could be rapidly unravelled.
Malaria parasites that resist the wonder drug, artemisinin, were first sighted five [...]
April 17, 2013. 8 pm. “The Culture of Competition.” Maricopa Community College, Phoenix, AZ.
The World Food Program, among other anti-hunger groups, have teamed up with the film “The Hunger Games” to raise awareness about hunger (the real kind as opposed to the fictional, game-like version). Here’s my review of their efforts–and the film–from The Lancet.
My new story on the emergence of a dangerous new form of antibiotic resistant bacteria in India, and how commercial concerns may be complicating efforts to tame it, appears in this week’s Foreign Affairs. Check it out at Foreign Affairs.
Also out: a nifty audio slideshow from my trip to India, on the website of the [...]
This is the first of a series of reports on NDM-1 bacteria, bugs endowed with the ability to resist not only commonly used antibiotics but the last-resort IV antibiotics used only in hospitals. NDM-1 first emerged in New Delhi (and is, controversially, named after the city) and has since spread to over 35 countries, primarily [...]
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