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 [...]
I’ll be talking about my article on private interests in global health on NPR’s “To The Point” today, live at 11 am PT, 2 pm ET. Economist Daniel Altman and Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Bill Jeffrey will be joining, too. Check here for a station list or to listen now.
In this piece, I look at how major private industry–oil and gas companies, the fast-food industry, and Big Pharma–are transforming the global health agenda. In sum: it’s not good. The story is the product of about 6 months of research, supported by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute. Check it out here.
“How Private Companies [...]
Alex Perry, of TIME magazine, shadowed millionaire investor-turned-malaria activist Ray Chambers, the UN Special Envoy for malaria, as he attempted to blanket the continent of Africa with treated bednets, and then wrote this short book about it, which I reviewed for The Wall Street Journal. It was a difficult review to write, because while I [...]
In the end, I had to Skype in to this year’s World Conference of Science Journalists conference in Doha, Qatar, and deliver my presentation on the issue of drug trials in developing countries via YouTube video. (You can check it out here.) Here’s what the Guardian newspaper had to say about it. “Ethics left behind [...]
My report on cholera’s deep links to the climate–and the ongoing controversy over the origins of the ongoing outbreak of cholera in Haiti–appears in this week’s Yale Environment 360. Check it out here.
Yes, another famous person has come down with malaria! It was British model Cheryl Cole most recently, and now the actor George Clooney, who has just recovered from a bout contracted in Sudan. He’s taking questions about the disease at NYTimes.com, via Nicholas Kristof’s blog.
It’ll be interesting to learn whether he took prophylaxis or not. [...]
“The Malaria Wars: Sonia Shah answers your malaria questions” is online today on NYTimes.com’s Freakonomics blog. Got some interesting questions about DDT, malaria in the United States, and malaria’s animal reservoirs. Enjoy!
My piece on the history of malaria–complete with illustrations and sidebars–appears in today’s Wall Street Journal. Check it out here.
The Guardian called for the nationalization of the Western oil industry instead (and mentioned my book Crude in their argument). Check it out, below.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jun/15/obama-bp-nationalise-oil
Obama: stop baying for BP blood. Nationalise oil instead
The US president’s scapegoating of BP is a distraction; the only way to clean up the oil industry is to put it [...]
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