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August 25, 2008Health
Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia: Merrill Goozner traveled to Siberia to find out if rising rates of MDR-TB in Russia can be curbed

August 27, 2008The Sciences
Return of a Killer: Tuberculosis in Russia: Veteran journalist Merrill Goozner, director of the Integrity in Science project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, discusses his series of articles for SciAm.com on the rise of tuberculosis in Russia...; Steve Mirsky

June 16, 2008Health
Evidence-based medicine in Russia: the challenge and the hope: [ Editor's note: Merrill Goozner has spent the last two weeks reporting on the state of Russian health care. See his previous posts from the field: "It's all about the oil: Russia's resurgence rests on slippery foundation" and "Russia boosts healthcare in Siberia" ]MOSCOW â€“ On my last morning in Russia, I dined with Vasiliy Vlassov, professor of research methodology at the Moscow Medical Academy and head of a small but feisty group of Russian physicians called the Society of Specialists in Evidence-Based Medicine...; Merrill Goozner

December 23, 2008Health
What is Artemisinin?: Coartem, a malaria drug whose potency is derived from a Chinese herb, may soon be approved for sale in the United States.; Jordan Lite

December 9, 2008Sustainability
SciAm and CNN keep an eye on a Planet in Peril: Here at Scientific American , the fate of Earth is an important part of our coverage, from our new publication, Earth 3.0, to a grand plan for solar energy, to daily reporting on climate change...; Ivan Oransky

August 25, 2008
Tamping Down Tuberculosis in Russia [Slide Show]: The methods for fighting the multidrug resistant TB epidemic in Russia

August 25, 2008
A Siberian Community Mobilizes to Fight TB: A Russian province bucks the national government, bringing tuberculosis treatment to the treated--and following through until they are cured. The results so far have been encouraging; Merrill Goozner

August 25, 2008
In Pursuit of Better Weapons to Combat TB: Tuberculosis remains a stubborn foe despite the efforts of the public and private sector's efforts to deploy new antibiotics and diagnostic tools against a disease that thrives on poverty and ignorance...; Merrill Goozner

August 25, 2008Health
Prisons in Post-Soviet Russia Incubate a Plague: The collapse of the Soviet health care system in the 1990s coupled with prisons releasing improperly treated inmates and endemic poverty escalated incidences of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to epidemic proportions...; Merrill Goozner

August 25, 2008Health
A Report from the Russian Front in the Global Fight against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Can the campaign against MDR-TB in Russia help curb the global epidemic?; Merrill Goozner

Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia