Weavers' villages in India suffer TB epidemic
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
LOHATA, India (AP) -- This cluster of poor villages, long known for its colorful silk saris, now is known for something else: tuberculosis. Nearly half of Lohata's population has it - some 100,000 people - and the community's weaving tradition is part of the reason it is on the front line of a major Indian health crisis....