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Public health, Schluger says, deals with populations, not individuals.
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With the global population exploding, is there a limit to how much effort we should put into keeping everyone alive as long as possible?
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An allergy specialist, Schluger discusses why we seem to have more allergies than ever.
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Tuberculosis should not be a reason to keep people from immigrating to the United States, Schluger says.
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How did tuberculosis become so drug-resistant?
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Over half of tuberculosis patients in America were abroad, Schluger says. Many are suspicious of modern medicine. How does a doctor deal?
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It’s the most widely used vaccine in the world, yet tuberculosis is still the 8th leading cause of death, says Schluger.
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When tuberculosis became uncommon in the U.S., the number of specialists declined, too, Schluger says.
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People with tuberculosis live in the shadows and can’t organize as well as educated women and gay men, says Schluger.
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Bringing money where the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want to go.
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Interpersonal relationships are just as important as the intellectual challenges of research, says Schluger.
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It’s no longer a threat in the developed world, but tuberculosis is the 8th leading cause of death in much of the world, Schluger says.
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The lessening significance of gay identity.