update: dr. nathan wolfe, intrepid globe trotting virus hunter, who i photographed in cameroon for an article in men’s journal, and his organization global viral forecast initiative have just released their findings on the origins of malaria in a national academy of sciences paper. turns out, the virus jumped to humans about 10,000 years ago [...]
deep in the interior of africa in the dense jungles of cameroon, where scientists have determined that HIV originated, jumping from chimps to humans possibly more than a century ago, the Global Viral Forecast team of Dr. Nathan Wolfe is searching for the newest viral threats with the hope of stopping the next global disease [...]
lagos,nigeria//10.07 headed off again to that wild west african city of lagos! my nerves steeled. my shutter finger itchy. the place is completely off the chain; all insanity and madness, it makes nairobi look like smallville. with cars on top of cars on top of people on top of stray dogs, the lame, the sick, [...]
