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Moldova Grapples With Whether To Isolate TB Patients
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Faces Of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
()New types of tuberculosis are emerging around the world that take years and thousands of dollars to cure. Patients fighting this disease are often isolated from their communities and suffer devastating drug side effects, such as permanent hearing loss and dizziness.
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Chasing Down Polio
To wipe out polio from earth, health workers must stop it in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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AIDS: A Turning Point
Three decades into the HIV/AIDS pandemic, researchers think they can see the beginning
of the end.
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Scientists Go Medieval To Solve Ancient Leprosy Puzzle()
June 14, 2013 Looking for clues to to modern-day leprosy, scientists dig up a 500-year-old mass grave and scan for ancient strains of bacteria in human remains. They find that the bacteria that cause leprosy haven't changed, humans have.
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Haiti Moves A Step Closer Toward Eradicating Elephantiasis()
June 13, 2013 Despite the daunting health challenges Haiti faces, the country has achieved a major step toward eliminating the parasitic infection, which causes severe swelling of the legs. Haiti is on track to wipe out the disease within four years, scientists say.
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Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Rises In Great Britain()
June 11, 2013 Gonorrhea cases resistant to one of the last effective drugs increased by nearly six times from 2004 to 2011 in Great Britain. Hard-to-treat gonorrhea is a growing trend worldwide, as the bacterium begins to thwart our last defenses.
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Triple Threat: Middle East Respiratory Virus And 2 Bird Flus()
June 10, 2013 Is the world on the verge of a pandemic? There are three reasons to think so. Two flu viruses are active, and a virus that bears a resemblance to SARS has cropped up in the Middle East. Each has devastating potential, but many early warnings of past pandemics have failed to materialize.
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As China Gets Richer, First World Diseases Take Hold()
June 6, 2013 China's rapid economic expansion has led to dramatic improvement in the country's health, an analysis finds. But as China beats back the plagues of poverty, like pneumonia and measles, many chronic health problems found in the developed world are cropping up.
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How Nature Builds A Pandemic Flu Virus()
June 6, 2013 A type of bird flu that appeared in China a few months ago has infected more than a hundred people. Some scientists are worried that this virus has the potential spread globally. But a look at the virus's genes suggests the pathogen doesn't have the typical features of pandemic.
