1 in 26
Estimated number of Americans who will develop epilepsy during their lifetime, according to data from 1960 to 1979 analyzed by Columbia University researchers. The risk is higher in men than in women, and in infancy or over age 50 [via NPR]
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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.
