Oregon Health & Science University's largest bioterrorism grant is part of an effort by the National Institutes of Health
A tuberculosis vaccine could have a huge global impact. The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is infected with TB, with a new person infected every second. At least 90 percent of those infections are latent, or without symptoms. But the minority of active cases are enough to kill 1.8 million people a year, mostly in Southeast Asia and Africa.
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