I believe what killed bee population has mutated.let me explain.genetically modified corn can not be regrown,for a second year crop.also,when this wheat decays it turns into a white spore,that in the past longed in lungs of bees,as green algae.made up of starch,that could not be broken down ,by the bees.the white bacteria,had not corn sugar,.but a tree starch,with green algae,that would grow inside bees killing them
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According to this campaign, TB has been with us for centuries.
Cataldi: Other diseases have come and gone, like the Black Plague or Spanish Flu. But scientists have found DNA of the TB bacillus in the mummies of high priests in ancient Egypt. A Neolithic skeleton in Germany showed indisputable signs of TB. References to a disease resembling tuberculosis are found in the ancient texts of the Hindu Vedas. Every culture—Chinese, Malaysian, European, American Indian—has had it.
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s a problem with misdiagnosis. Don
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t patients have severe coughs and wasting that are easy to detect?
Cataldi: There are many forms of TB. If it's just in the lungs, it's easy to identify using X-rays. But when it spreads beyond the lungs, it is harder to diagnose. It can invade the lymphatic system or bones or liver and kidneys. Scrofula is a form of TB that causes a large bump on the neck. Eleanor Roosevelt died of tuberculosis widely dispersed through her body, although doctors only learned this upon autopsy.
Does the existence of XDR mean we
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ve failed at fighting TB?
Raviglione: It's a sign that things have gone wrong in many places, due to mismanagement of cases, careless prescriptions of drugs, incorrect regimens and the lack of support and follow-up with patients. Together, these problems have created MDR- and XDR-TB. If we do not turn the tide by establishing good, basic TB control and care practices, it will lead to an increase in XDR-TB.
Cataldi: Drug companies are not very interested in TB, because the drugs are so cheap. By contrast, antiretroviral cocktails for HIV are a gigantic business. The drugs we use for TB now are 50 years old. Further dissemination of XDR-TB may stop all progress we've made in recent years in control [of normal TB].
It sounds as if you will be busy as ambassador.
Cataldi: I'm leaving this week for Jordan, where I will visit hospitals, alert people to the problem, meet with the health minister and possibly raise funds, which is very difficult.
It sounds as if you lead an interesting life.
Cataldi: It's tiring. I would like to rest.
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