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Tuberculosis is a complicated medical condition that has a rich and important history, a distinctive social context, and an active and destructive present. The disease appears in Greek literature as early as 460 BCE and was a favorite of 19th-century novelists whose heroines often succumbed to "consumption." Through history, the development of TB diagnosis and treatment has been synonymous with events in the development of medicine.

"Tuberculosis" presents TB from the perspective of the people and events that shaped its past and the factors that influence its current global state. The...

Flu experts agree -- a severe pandemic is just a matter of time.

But there are many other ways to protect yourself and your family. They are cheap and widely available. Everybody can take steps to protect themselves and their families.

The nightmare is another 1918-style flu that is both highly contagious and highly lethal. It could kill tens of millions of people around the globe.

Ordinary, seasonal flu kills from 20,000 to 40,000 Americans per year, and an unknown number of people in other countries....

Written by a team of specialists this overview of pleural diseases is a practical guide for the management of pleural diseases including general practitioners, junior doctors, specialist nurses, radiologists and all healthcare professionals working within chest medicine.

Robert D. Leighninger, Jr., believes there may be a model for municipal building projects everywhere in the ambitious and artful structures erected in Louisiana by the Public Works Administration. In the 1930s, the PWA built a tremendous amount of infrastructure in a very short time. Most of the edifices are still in use, yet few people recognize how these schools, courthouses, and other great structures came about.

Building Louisiana documents the projects one New Deal agency erected in one southern state and places these in social and political context. Based on extensive...