18%
Percentage of patients who were harmed by medical care in a safety study involving 2,341 patients at 10 North Carolina hospitals [via 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.
