$3.4 trillion
Projected amount that diabetes will cost the nation between 2010 and 2020 — 60% of which will be paid by the federal government — according to a calculation by insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. [via Bloomberg]
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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.
