WHO Urges Nations to Wipe Out TB by 2050

World Health Organization have urged over 30 countries -including some of the world's richest- to recognize the continued danger of tuberculosis (TB) and try to wipe it out by 2050. Although TB is preventable and curable, a total of 155,000 people still fall ill with the disease every year in the 33 developed nations listed and 10,000 die, the WHO said. The number of recorded new cases per year in the countries concerned -- ranging from Australia to ...