The author examines the connection between conflict, disease, and instability in the Post-Cold War era. Health has never been defined as an element of national and international security, but Chow believes that "any future consideration of international security as it affects American interests must consider health-based threats."

De Cock, Kevin M. EDITORIAL: TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL IN RESOURCE -POOR SETTINGS WITH HIGH RATES OF HIV INFECTION
(American Journal of Public Health, vol. 86, no. 8, August 1996, pp. 1071-1073)

This editorial describes efforts to control tuberculosis in developing countries. The strategies of the Global Tuberculosis Programme of the World Health Organization and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease are discussed.

Garrett, Laurie COVERING OUR "FINAL PREDATORS"
(IPI Report, August/September 1996, pp. 5-6)

Laurie Garrett, a reporter for Newsday who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for her coverage of the Ebola outbreak in Zaire, is critical of the way reporters cover epidemics. She describes the way the world's media handled the Ebola epidemic in May 1995. Most of the reporters, according to Garrett, were not science-trained, did not take precautions against contamination, and showed little compassion towards the patients. Also, Garrett urges better preparation for the reporters covering epidemics.

Stoeckle, Mark Y. and R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 275, no. 123, June 19, 1996, pp. 1816-1817)

The authors discuss the worldwide dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The unanticipated outbreak of Ebola virus in 1995 illustrates the unpredictable nature of infectious diseases. The establishment of new global and national surveillance systems helps to identify the factors involved in the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases.