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Report: Man has less severe form of TB

ATLANTA An Atlanta lawyer undergoing treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, XDR-TB, in Denver has a form of the disease that is less drug-resistant and more curable than previously reported, doctors said Tuesday.
Officials at National Jewish Medical and Research Center said multiple tests done there indicate Andrew Speaker’s TB will respond to some of […]

U.S. maternal deaths on the rise

ATLANTA (AP) U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.
Some numbers crunchers note that a change in how such deaths are reported […]

Sleet Storm in Space

By Michael D. Lemonick
Astronomers are pretty sure that most of the water on Earth and the water that probably flowed billions of years ago on the surfaces of Mars, and maybe Venus as well came from icy comets, raining down on the newborn planets. As for where the comets came from, it’s […]

Scientists drug-test whole cities

WASHINGTON (AP) Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city’s sewer plant.
The test wouldn’t be used to finger any single person as a drug user. But it would help federal law enforcement and other agencies track the spread of […]

Study links sicknesses to day-care equipment

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Fewer children and workers at out-of-home day care centers would get sick if the centers had better equipment for changing diapers, washing hands and preparing food, according to a study.
Automatic faucets and foot-activated, rollout bins for diaper disposal can help reduce the spread of infectious diseases. But those and other […]