Bulletin: World TB Day 2014

Bulletin: World TB Day 2014

Leading Research to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Infectious, Immunologic, and Allergic Diseases           Visit us on the Web Although the number of people falling ill or dying from tuberculosis (TB) worldwide has slowly been declining in recent years, the global burden of the ancient disease is still substantial. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people became ill with TB and 1.3 million people died, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Further, the growing problem of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB is threatening overall TB care efforts. Today, on World TB Day, learn more about the innovative research approaches NIAID is applying to better understand TB and develop new diagnostics, treatments and vaccines. Read the NIAID World TB Day Bulletin at:http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2014/Pages/WorldTBDay2014.aspx.