White House Announces New Plan To Fight Tuberculosis.

reports that the Obama Administration on Tuesday released a “long-awaited plan” to combat “the global threat of MDR-TB, the more deadly strain of tuberculosis that develops after inappropriate TB treatment.” The five-year National Action Plan recommends that the US better track the multidrug-resistant strain, boost global capabilities to fight the disease, and develop new treatments and vaccines. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis_56796f17e4b06fa6887ea9ed