"Pandemic alert: Tuberculosis is world's No. 1 infectious killer" - CNBC

Pandemic alert: Tuberculosis remains world's No. 1 infectious killer
On Monday the World Health Organization released its 2017 Global Tuberculosis Report, and the latest picture is still one of extreme gravity, as progress to stop the spread of this disease simply isn't fast enough to make major headway: In 2016, 10.4 million people fell sick with TB, and about 1.7 million people - including 400,000 with concomitant HIV - succumbed to the deadly infection.

Development Financing, Drug Resistance, Leadership, Medical Devices, Lifestyle, Innovation, EvidenceJon RathauserOctober 30, 2017tuberculosis, TB, Treatment, MDR TB, Drug Resistance, multidrug resistant TB, WHO, World Health Organization, Infectious Disease