AMA To Support Increased Resources For TB Control

The AMA today voted to
support federal legislation to increase resources for global and domestic
tuberculosis (TB) control.


"About one-third of the world's population is infected with
tuberculosis, and drug resistant strains of TB are spreading around the
world," said J. James Rohack, M.D., AMA board member. "About 10-14 million
Americans are infected with latent TB. With the newest class of anti-TB
drugs over 40 years old and the increase in multi-drug resistance, we need
new tools to fight this killer disease."


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