Latest Tuberculosis News

Tuberculosis infected 8 million people last year, the most WHO has ever tracked

Oct. 30, 2024 02:22 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track. About 1.25 million people died of TB last year, the new report said, adding...

Doctors Without Borders closes operations in Russia

Sep. 17, 2024 10:47 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday it has closed its operations in Russia after 32 years, citing a Justice Ministry letter that said the medical aid group had been removed from a register of foreign nongovernmental organizations. The aid group, also known by its...