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Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents ...

In 1890 Dr. Robert Koch, a renowned German scientist, announced a cure for tuberculosis. The New York World labeled his find “Koch’s Magic Lymph,” and printed a picture of the bearded, 47-year-old ...

Before the Great Influenza and COVID-19, the leading cause of death in many American cities was tuberculosis. In 1882, the pioneering German physician Dr. Robert Koch discovered tubercle bacillus – ...

Microbiologist Andreas Bäumler of the School of Medicine and the College of Biological Sciences has been named a recipient of the 2021 Robert Koch Prize, given by Germany’s Robert Koch Foundation for ...