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Add King Tut to the list of famous personages felled by malaria. Tut died at age 19 in 1324 BC. According to a new study in JAMA, scientists have found genetic evidence of Plasmodium falciparum lurking in his mummy.
Tut’s a famous guy but he isn’t malaria’s earliest known victim–not by far.
My new piece on pesticides and wildlife die-offs is now up on Yale’s e360. Grist.org calls it a “must-read report”.
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!
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
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.
October 21, 2010. Interview on malaria eradication. “The Current,” CBC Radio, Canada.
My story on climate and the spread of new diseases is now online! Check it out at e360.
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
September 23, 2010. 7:30 pm. Presentation on “Crude: The Story of Oil.” Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.
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.