Gates Pledges $900 Million for TB Research (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_he_me/world_forum"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060127/capt.vm10201271022.switzerland_world_economic_forum_vm102.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=5O8nw582dpAqiPQQL0W8hA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Chairman of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates, right, gestures while speaking during a plenary entitled 'Not Gone, but Almost Forgotten' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 27, 2006. Gates said Friday that his charitable foundation will triple its funding for tuberculosis eradication from US$300 million to US$900 million by 2015. Seated left is Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bill Gates said Friday his charitable foundation will boost its funding for tuberculosis eradication from its current level of $300 million to $900 million during the next decade.</p><br clear=all>