Haiti: might the earthquake worsen TB rates?

Prior to the earthquake of January 12th 2010, Haiti had experienced the highest TB notification rate in the Latin America and Caribbean region. In a forthcoming editorial in Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, Kevin Schwartzman and colleagues from the McGill University Health Centre (Montreal, Canada) discuss whether the devastation of Haiti six months ago will lead to an unavoidable increase …

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Missing pensioner is found dead (BBC News)

A pensioner suffering from dementia who went missing nearly six months ago is found dead by a man walking his dog.

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Missing pensioner is found dead (BBC News)