tuberculosis
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Born in the Washington Heights area of New York City in 1926, Greenspan was rejected for military service in 1944 owing to early signs of tuberculosis, which ultimately became non-threatening.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
"Early reports linked smoking to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, followed by cardiovascular disease, stroke and lung cancer," A/Prof Sitas says.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
People in Mongbwalu are used to outbreaks of tuberculosis and malaria, the initial symptoms of which are similar to those of Ebola, but both of which are much more treatable.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
In those days this was a death sentence as surely as tuberculosis had been.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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