My roommate's sudden diagnosis of tuberculosis in September was an eye-opening experience about a disease that I had thought was only found in history books or in the poorest developing countries. It is still a common killer around the world while its highly contagious nature and drug-resistant strains are a ticking time bomb.
Nick Kristof wrote an insightful essay in yesterday's New York Times on the disease. His previous piece is also a must-read on another overlooked public health problem - iodine deficiency.
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