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US Health Officials Worry About TB in Mexico

By Samuel LoewenbergJul 1st 2010 – 6:59PM

CHIAPAS, Mexico (July 7) -- Tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest diseases, has long been forgotten by most Americans, but it is re-emerging in a new, virulent form around the world. U.S. health officials now worry that especially dangerous strains of the airborne pathogen have surfaced in Mexico, thanks to a...

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The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is an American news media organization established in 2006 that sponsors independent reporting that other media outlets are less willing or able to undertake on their own.

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