Conversations Live: Infectious Diseases

This year, an estimated 14 million people worldwide will die from infectious diseases. On the next Conversations LIVE, Patty Satalia and guest experts will look at the return of preventable diseases—whooping cough, malaria, and tuberculosis. They’ll also talk about the rise in drug-resistant super-bugs and the evolution of new contagious outbreaks.

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