TB Cases Fall Again

The number of tuberculosis cases in the U.S. continued to fall in 2014 but the rate of decline slowed, the CDC is reporting. Preliminary data for last year from the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System show just 9,412 reported cases or 3.0 cases per 100,000 population, the agency said in the March 20 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Tuberculosis/50568