Is it just chance that means some people catch infectious diseases while others don't? Talk about the factors that might affect health, such as diet, exercise, lifestyle and poverty. How important do young people think these are?
TB, or tuberculosis, is an infectious disease that until 50 years ago was a major cause of death. Since then, antibiotics have reduced it significantly. But it is now on the rise again.
The past decade has seen a 27 per cent increase in cases in England and Wales. The worst is in parts of London, where half the cases occur. The London boroughs of Hillingdon, Enfield and Greenwich have seen a fourfold increase in the disease since the early 1990s. Why might this be?
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