A Killer Quietly Gains Strength

I missed this when it came out last year but the Wall Street Journal has had a series of articles 'chronicling the world's imperfect response to the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis, an ancient disease that modern medicine, until recently, could defeat.'

• At Europe's Doorstep, Fierce War Against TB (12/31/12)
• TB's Global Resurgence Amplifies U.S. Risk (12/18/12)
• Deadly unintended consequences: The global TB-fighting strategy helped allow the spread of new, all-but-untreatable strains . (11/23/12)
• Exclusive numbers suggest more than 25% of patients at one Indian TB clinic don't respond to the primary treatment. (11/23/12)
• One woman's case of nearly incurable tuberculosis echoes around the world. (9/8/12)
• India's slow reaction appears to be nurturing an all-but-untreatable strain of TB, raising the prospect of a global health hazard. (6/20/12)
• A top doctor in Mumbai reports finding 12 cases of tuberculosis that are all but untreatable by current methods. (1/19/12)