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WHO's Jitters. There was good reason for WHO's jitters. Though gonorrhea has already reached epidemic proportions-an estimated 3 million cases a year in the U.S. alone and perhaps 100 million worldwide-doctors have usually been able to treat it effectively and inexpensively with a large...
Another early suspect was ornithosis, a disease transmitted through bird droppings and direct handling of infected birds. "The picture in Philadelphia fits ornithosis like a glove," said Dr. Pascal Imperato, chief epidemiologist of the New York City health department. "The symptoms, the fact that this is obviously a common-source...
Schmidt, in fact, insists that the FDA can move quickly when it has to and will waste no time getting something like a proven anticancer drug or a more effective new antibiotic introduced in the U.S. But until such a product comes along, he will enforce his agency's...
One of the most disturbing ailments that can befall an adolescent is acne, which can cause ugly eruptions and of ten leaves scars on the face. Oral antibiotics have been used to control the condition, but Dr. Albert M. Kligman and his colleagues at the Hospital of the University of...
Shortly before his death, Alsop was visited by TIME'S Art White, who reported: "His wife Tish sat near him, jumping up now and then to check that the antibiotic was flowing properly into Stew's arm. We talked about his book. Why did he write it? '...