2.6 million
Number of new HIV infections in 2009, 20% fewer than in the late 1990s, according to the 2010 UNAIDS global AIDS report [via The New York Times]
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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.
