A prisoner looks out a window on March 26, 2015, from Zhdanivskaya prison in Ukraine, were TB is rampant.
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World TB Day will be observed March 24, with the good news that deaths from tuberculosis are declining. But a trend toward confining those with TB threatens to stall advances.
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Some have a strain that is almost identical to one that infected humans in the middle ages.
Melbourne woman Lynette Rowe is one of around 10,000 people born with thalidomide-related disabilities.
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Thalidomide is notorious for causing death and disability but it – and its derivatives – are proving useful for conditions such as leprosy.
We’ve always been fascinated by disfiguring diseases like leprosy.
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Does Greyscale’s allure for contemporary audiences have to do with disfigurement?