tuberculosis

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I asked Dr. Kerndt why Americans should care about the work he does to prevent and cure tuberculosis, which is often fatal if untreated and for which there is no vaccine.

From Los Angeles Times

Badger culling has been used to contain bovine tuberculosis but will end in England within five years as part of a shift in the fight against the disease, the government said last year.

From BBC

Sharma is a physician specializing in infectious diseases and tuberculosis at the University of Toronto whose writing has appeared in the Washington Post, L.A.

From Salon

Two of the men we spoke to who were released on Sunday say they had contracted tuberculosis in Sayndaya - one said medication was frequently withheld as a form of punishment.

From BBC

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis.

From Science Daily