"Too many people in the United States still suffer from TB disease. New 2018 TB surveillance data can help track progress toward elimination, and inform TB prevention and control activities.
Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s leading infectious disease killer. TB affects millions around the world and here in the United States; in every state; in rural areas and cities; in schools, workplaces, homes; and in many other places where people are in close contact.
Ending TB will require a dual approach of maintaining and strengthening current TB control priorities while increasing efforts to identify and treat latent TB infection in high-risk populations. The United States continues to have one of the lowest TB case rates in the world, and the 2018 case count represents the lowest number of TB cases on record. Still, too many people suffer from TB disease. Many TB survivors like Laura, Tenzin, and Kristi have shared their TB stories to help bring increased awareness to TB disease.
CDC works with state and local partners to achieve the goal of TB elimination in the United States. One key activity is collecting TB surveillance data to track national progress toward elimination and to inform TB prevention and control activities. The 2018 edition of Reported Tuberculosis in the United States marks a milestone as the first one to be published exclusively online, to help our audiences discover, view, and share content more easily..."Tuberculosis
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