Article #392

The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title US aid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’ Source The Guardian - World News
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Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze

Dangerous new forms of tuberculosis (TB) for which there is no treatment could emerge as a result of US aid cuts, a top doctor has warned.

Dr Lucica Ditiu, who heads the Stop TB Partnership, said she feared that interruptions to people’s treatment would allow the airborne bug to mutate into a new, untreatable form.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/10/us-aid-cuts-tuberculosis-tb-untreatable-bug-drug-resistance-stop-tb-partnership-who Published At 2025-03-10 08:00:28 (11 months ago)
Created At 2025-03-10 08:24:28 Updated At 2025-03-10 08:24:28