The Fever
2010-08-22T20:05:11-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNjlmXC8yOTQ5MzctbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Sonia Shah talked about her book, The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sarah Crichton Books/ Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010). In her book she looks at the 500,000 year history of malaria and questions why a pathogen we know how to control still infects over 500 million people every year and kills nearly 1 million. She responded to questions from members of the audience at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
Sonia Shah talked about her book, The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sarah Crichton Books/ Farrar, Straus & Girou… read more
Sonia Shah talked about her book, The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sarah Crichton Books/ Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010). In her book she looks at the 500,000 year history of malaria and questions why a pathogen we know how to control still infects over 500 million people every year and kills nearly 1 million. She responded to questions from members of the audience at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. close
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