At a moment when the United States — one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic — is still averaging 57,000 new cases, 40,000 hospitalized patients and 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 every day, it’s hard for ordinary Americans to think about how much worse most of the rest of the world has it.
WHO: Pandemic is prolonging countdown to halt tuberculosis
Various organizations including the World Health Organization are saying early data indicate there may be a significant increase in diseases like tuberculosis in the years ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Why it matters: 12 years of progress for worldwide programs to halt TB have been lost over the past 12 months of the pandemic — endangering the goal of eliminating the disease by 2030, some experts say.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets.
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