{"id":280999,"date":"2025-11-13T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/280999\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T19:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:33:19","slug":"global-tuberculosis-cases-hit-record-high-who-warns-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/280999\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Tuberculosis Cases Hit Record High, WHO Warns | Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<p>About 8.3 million new TB cases were reported worldwide in 2024<\/p>\n<p>TB deaths dropped slightly to 1.23 million, showing some recovery after COVID-19 disruptions<\/p>\n<p>Experts warn that funding cuts could reverse progress in treatment and testing<\/p>\n<p>THURSDAY, Nov. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) \u2014 Global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthday.com\/a-to-z-health\/infectious-disease\/tuberculosis-is-back-on-the-rise-what-to-know-about-symptoms-and-treatment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tuberculosis<\/a> (TB) cases climbed again last year, reaching their highest level on record, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>The agency reported 8.3 million new TB cases worldwide in 2024, surpassing a record set the previous year. That figure represents about 78% of all estimated infections, meaning many people with the disease still go undiagnosed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rising number of infections, TB-related deaths declined slightly: 1.23 million deaths in 2024, down from 1.25 million in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The increase in diagnosed cases may reflect progress after disruptions during the COVID pandemic, according to WHO\u2019s annual report, which includes data from 184 countries.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, TB cases also rose for a second consecutive year, reaching their highest level in more than 12 years, The Associated Press reported. Most cases in the U.S. occur among people born outside the country, data shows.<\/p>\n<p>TB is caused by bacteria that attack the lungs. It is spread through the air when someone with an active infection coughs or sneezes. Although about a quarter of the world\u2019s population carries the bacteria, only a small fraction become sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Without treatment, TB can be deadly and remains one of the top causes of death worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO warned that funding to fight TB has stalled, raising concerns that recent budget cuts in the U.S. could slow progress.<\/p>\n<p>More information<\/p>\n<p>The Mayo Clinic has more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/tuberculosis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20351250\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tuberculosis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: The Associated Press, Nov. 12, 2025<\/p>\n<p>What This Means For You<\/p>\n<p>Health experts urge continued funding in TB prevention, testing and treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Takeaways About 8.3 million new TB cases were reported worldwide in 2024 TB deaths dropped slightly to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[127946,44323,68735,49,48,20574,50975,20823,25800,34851,14428,18866,17357,84,5432,6916,13930,14427,2852,2724,14426,1058,32674,68732,44326,2727,41389,12009,44327,16119],"class_list":["post-280999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-airborne-diseases","tag-animal-diseases","tag-biological-globalization","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-condition","tag-consumer-news","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-pandemic","tag-disease-outbreaks","tag-diseases-and-disorders","tag-epidemics","tag-global-health","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-health-policy","tag-health-sciences","tag-human-diseases-and-disorders","tag-immunology","tag-infectious-diseases","tag-medical-specialties","tag-medicine","tag-microbiology","tag-pandemics","tag-primate-diseases","tag-public-health","tag-respiratory-diseases","tag-tuberculosis","tag-vaccine-preventable-diseases","tag-world-health-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}