tuberculosis
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Barbara Stanwyck plays a celebrated concert pianist being treated for tuberculosis in an elite Swiss Alps sanitarium.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Geumseong's escape to South Korea had been difficult and dangerous and, at one point, he collapsed with what was believed to be tuberculosis.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
He accomplished much in the later part of his life, although he died at only 44 years old of the tuberculosis that plagued his family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Ancient DNA also revealed tuberculosis at the site, belonging to a lineage known from pre-contact South America.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
I was groggy, but I concentrated on what he said: he had removed two liters of water from my chest and when the liquid was analyzed, a tuberculosis germ had been discovered.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing tuberculosis
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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