A panel of health experts, along with Princeton graduate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader, will discuss the global spread of tuberculosis, which killed 3 million people in 1995 and now claims more lives each year than it did at the turn of the century.
Tuberculosis is caused by a microorganism that infects both humans and animals.
It causes lesions on the lungs, bones and other parts of the body. The last deadly wave of TB peaked around 1900, when the annual death toll topped 2 million. Today, however, TB is on the rise again. Persons with HIV are especially vulnerable. In developing countries, some health workers improperly administer drugs that fight the disease.