Seventy-five percent of people who developed active TB and eventually died of the disease were in their productive years, ranging in age from 15 to 49.

However, the amount is still limited and insufficient to stop the spread of the disease. Overseas donors also expect local administrations to dole out funds for the TB elimination program, but the administrations refuse because they know foreign donors have already provided funds.

…These people should not be around large amounts of molds because they probably can get an invasive disease; a small number, but they get an invasive disease and then you have fungus growing in your lung, in another organ, and that is very serious and difficult to treat.

Anytime a celebrity is open about a disease they have, it adds to the awareness people have.

There's our No. 1 therapy for people with heart disease or for people with a moderate risk of developing heart disease. It's the only proven therapy to treat high cholesterol.

They (migratory birds) can participate in the spread of the disease. But in our case we should be more worried with the trade of poultry products.