tuberculosis
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People in Mongbwalu are used to outbreaks of tuberculosis and malaria, the initial symptoms of which are similar to those of Ebola, but both of which are much more treatable.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Barbara Stanwyck plays a celebrated concert pianist being treated for tuberculosis in an elite Swiss Alps sanitarium.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
What might France's greatest playwright have written had he not died of tuberculosis in 1673?
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Severe reducing was thought to be the culprit behind an epidemic of fatal lung diseases, such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, among jockeys.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing tuberculosis
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for October 16–October 22, 2021
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"The Jungle," Vocabulary from the novel
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