NPR: multi-drug resistant tuberculosis https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=527632327 multi-drug resistant tuberculosis en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 06 May 2025 22:54:28 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: multi-drug resistant tuberculosis https://www.npr.org/tags/527632327/multi-drug-resistant-tuberculosis Before COVID, TB was the world's worst pathogen. It's still a 'monster' killer It was under control. And then it wasn't. In her new book <em>Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History, </em>VIdya Krishnan shows how "we repeat the same disease-spreading mistakes over and over." Sun, 13 Feb 2022 07:01:20 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/13/1079505737/before-covid-tb-was-the-worlds-worst-pathogen-its-still-a-monster-killer https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/13/1079505737/before-covid-tb-was-the-worlds-worst-pathogen-its-still-a-monster-killer

It was under control. And then it wasn't. In her new book Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History, VIdya Krishnan shows how "we repeat the same disease-spreading mistakes over and over."

]]> Susan Brink Drug Resistant TB Is Predicted To Steadily Spread In 4 Countries The case numbers are already high in certain countries. It's not only hard to treat — it's extremely contagious. Tue, 09 May 2017 18:30:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/05/09/527631455/drug-resistant-tb-is-predicted-to-steadily-spread-in-4-countries https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/05/09/527631455/drug-resistant-tb-is-predicted-to-steadily-spread-in-4-countries

The case numbers are already high in certain countries. It's not only hard to treat — it's extremely contagious.

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