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TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount

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Vietnamese doctor Truong Duc Thai and a colleague check the X-ray film of a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient at National Lung Hospital in Hanoi. TB kills more people than any other infectious disease. A new study projects that U.S. aid cuts will worsen its toll.

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

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