TB diagnosis hits over eight million, highest figure in WHO records

8 million people, 500,000 more than in 2022, were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 - the highest number ever recorded by WHO.

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Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease that spreads primarily through airborne transmission, has resurged as the world’s leading infectious killer.

A report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday shows that TB claimed more lives in 2023 than any other single infectious disease, overtaking Covid-19, which was the deadliest.