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Gabriela Galvin

New tuberculosis cases and deaths fell in 2024, but health experts are still worried. Here’s why

The number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide fell last year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic as diagnoses and treatments rebounded, a new analysis has found.

The rate of new TB cases fell by nearly 2 per cent, while deaths fell by 3 per cent in 2024, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which tracks TB across more than 180 countries.

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