
Nov 17 - By Dr. Anthony Fauci, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Tuberculosis is one of the world's leading killers. Every year at least 9 million people are infected with TB, with almost 2 million deaths, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. Yet few citizens, scientists and policymakers are demanding more attention to TB research, treatment and prevention.
Aug 24 - By The Associated Press, STR
NBC Chief Health Correspondent Robert Bazell answers your questions.

Jul 20 - By Linda Carroll, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Beach fun for most kids includes burrowing in the sand and being buried by friends and siblings. Parents figure that as long as the kids are within sight, they’re safe. But a new study shows that some pretty nasty bugs may lurk in those glistening, gleaming grains.

Jun 9 - By JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com
Even as the threat from drug-resistant germs continues to rise and a novel swine flu virus sweeps the country, U.S. hospitals are cutting back on staff and resources to battle potentially deadly patient infections.
Apr 26 - By Robert Bazell, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
As new cases of swine flu emerge around the globe, from Ohio to Nova Scotia to New Zealand, the declaration of a "public health emergency" in the United States has further stoked fears and confusion.

Mar 10 - By Brian Alexander, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
To most Americans, diseases with names like dengue fever, chikungunya, malaria, Chagas and leishmaniasis might sound like something out of a Victorian explorer’s tales of hacking through African jungles. Yet ongoing epidemics of these diseases are killing millions of people around the world. Now, disease experts are increasingly concerned these and other infections may become as familiar in the United States as West Nile or Lyme disease.

Feb 4 - By The Associated Press, STR
"Bill Gates just released mosquitos into the audience at TED and said, 'Not only poor people should experience this.'"

Nov 11 - By JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com
A virulent, drug-resistant gut infection that causes potentially deadly diarrhea, especially among the old and sick, is up to 20 times more common than previously thought, a large survey of U.S. hospitals and health care centers finds.

Jun 20 - By NBC Nightly News
Now that the waters are beginning to recede after this month’s devastating floods in the Midwest, state and federal officials are warning of a widespread secondary risk from dangerous bacteria and disease-bearing mosquitoes.
Jun 17 - By JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com
DENVER - Stopping the spread of a potentially deadly drug-resistant staph infection has riveted the attention of the nation’s hospitals and nursing homes, especially after a year of headlines and public panic, a new survey of infection prevention workers shows.
Jun 4 - By JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com
A rare form of tuberculosis caused by illegal, unpasteurized dairy products, including the popular queso fresco cheese, is rising among Hispanic immigrants in Southern California and raising fears about a resurgence of a strain all but eradicated in the U.S.
Apr 23 - By JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com
Cases of potentially deadly diarrheal infections jumped by more than 200 percent in the nation’s hospitals between 2000 and 2005, fueling new worries about the next bad bug.
Apr 13 - By JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com

Apr 11 - By NBC Nightly News