Some 32,000 Kids Infected by New Strain of Tuberculosis

March 26, 2014

The study’s findings were published in a special theme issue of Lancet marking World TB Day on Monday, and offer the clearest picture to date of the global burden of TB, and the first estimates of the new threat: MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant TB.

Helen Jenkins of Brigham and Women’s Division of Global Health Equity in Boston is the…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.