The Malaria Consortium is putting on a 8-week exhibition of photographs featuring malaria at the UN headquarters in New York in advance of World Malaria Day on April 25. This weekend, the New York Times featured a selection of the photos, with a brief article on the history of the scourge.
Harrison Ford
The Lancet published my review of “Extraordinary Measures,” a paean to the wonders of for-profit drug development, this week.
February 18, 2011. 10:50 am. “The Fever: how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Lecture followed by informal discussion and book signing. Free and open to the public. Carleton College, Northfield MN
Tutankhamen
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.
http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2199