Putting the brakes on the rise in tuberculosis

Only a few TB bacteria, which spread through microscopic droplets released into the air, are necessary to cause an infection. — TNS

WORLD Tuberculosis (TB) Day is commemorated on March 24 annually.

This date was the day in 1882 when German physician and bacteriologist Dr Robert Koch (1843-1910) announced the discovery of the bacterium that causes TB.