72,000
Number of Americans aged 15 to 39 who are diagnosed with cancer each year, more than 10,000 of whom will die of the disease. Survival rates for teens and young adults have not budged since 1975 [via Wall Street Journal]
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Special Reports
The Disease that Won’t Die: Tuberculosis in Peru
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
