Page 11 of 19

Coming soon–new article on pesticide exposure and wildlife die-offs

December 10, 2009 / Sonia Shah

My latest article, on the role of pesticide exposure on emerging new wildlife diseases–including white nose syndrome in bats, chytrid fungus in amphibians, and colony collapse disorder in bees–is coming soon on Yale’s e360. Stay tuned for the URL!

And finally….

December 3, 2009 / Sonia Shah

Attention all! I have (finally) created a Facebook page for my writing. Please come visit me on Facebook!

There is also now a Youtube channel on my work. Check it out at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/soniashahauthor

Oberlin, OH

November 6, 2009 / Sonia Shah

November 6, 2010. “Oil and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East.” Moderated roundtable discussion, with Stephen Zunes and Patrick Clawson. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.

CBC Radio "The Current"

October 21, 2009 / Sonia Shah

October 21, 2010. Interview on malaria eradication. “The Current,” CBC Radio, Canada.

New piece on climate and zoonotic diseases

October 15, 2009 / Sonia Shah

My story on climate and the spread of new diseases is now online! Check it out at e360.

Introducing…"The Fever"

October 7, 2009 / Sonia Shah

So my new book is now officially titled, “The Fever: How Malaria Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years.” Hoowee! Meanwhile I’m working on a new piece on emerging infections from animals (called “zoonoses”), such as Ebola, Nipah virus, Hanta and West Nile. It’ll be appearing in a cool new online enviro magazine called “e360” which features some of my favorite writers–Carl Zimmer, Elizabeth Kolbert and others. Check it out at e360.com

Bridgewater, VA

September 23, 2009 / Sonia Shah

September 23, 2010. 7:30 pm. Presentation on “Crude: The Story of Oil.” Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.

Finally done writing!

September 10, 2009 / Sonia Shah

Thrilled to announce that my new book on the political history of malaria has been completed and is slated to come out from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the late spring of 2010! Check here for more details, forthcoming. Tentative title: “The Half-Million Year Fever: The Story of Malaria.” Got a better idea? Email me at sonia@soniashah.com.