Jason Beaubien

Faces Of Drug-Resistant TB

Jason Beaubien — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:17:00 +0000

Forms of tuberculosis are emerging that are costly, difficult and at times, nearly impossible to treat. This new, worldwide threat is called multidrug-resistant TB, and it occurs when the bacteria no longer respond to the most common TB medications.

Love In The Time Of TB: A Young Family Fights An Ancient Foe

Jason Beaubien — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:42:00 +0000

Oxana and Pavel Rucsineanu fell in love under the drug-induced haze of powerful tuberculosis medications. It was the summer of 2008. They were both in their late 20s, and they should have been in the prime of their lives.

But instead, Oxana and Pavel had a version of TB that is resistant to most drugs. They were living in a crumbling hospital in the Moldovan city of Balti. The TB ward was a version of hell for Oxana. The air was hot and sticky.

A New Way To Make The Most Powerful Malaria Drug

Jason Beaubien — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:05:00 +0000

Researchers in California described Wednesday their new method for mass-producing the key ingredient for the herbal drug artemisinin, the most powerful antimalarial on the market.

How To Get Rid Of Polio For Good? There's A $5 Billion Plan

Jason Beaubien — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:20:00 +0000

Polio is on the verge of being eliminated.

What Happened To The Aid Meant To Rebuild Haiti?

Jason Beaubien — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:42:00 +0000

After a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, governments and foundations from around the world pledged more than $9 billion to help get the country back on its feet.

Only a fraction of the money ever made it. And Haiti's President Michel Martelly says the funds aren't "showing results."

Roughly 350,000 people still live in camps.