600,000
Number of yearly deaths worldwide due to secondhand smoke, according to the World Health Organization's first assessment of the global health impact of passive tobacco exposure [via Reuters]
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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.
