a new study offers new hope

Today Sunday the world will mark World TB Day. It was on this day in 1882 that Dr Robert Koch announced he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB. Today, TB remains the world’s leading infectious cause of death.

In this special newsletter we feature articles about how far the fight against TB has come, as well as about new breakthroughs. Efforts to finally combat the disease continue to pre-occupy scientists. Andrew Nunn and I.D Rusen share important findings from their recently published research on improving the treatment of drug resistant-TB. With an eye on some of the biggest…