Global tuberculosis rates level off
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070322/ap_on_he_me/who_tuberculosis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070322/i/r863624568.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=Kd9vOW58BVr8Tw8I2j1q8A--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="A child contaminated with tuberculosis and her mother wait for treatment at the Blue house clinic, run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the Mathare valley slums in Nairobi, March 22, 2007. Living conditions in Africa's teeming slums have given rise to a multi-drug resistance strain of tuberculosis (MDR-TB) that kills nearly half of those who receive treatment, an aid agency said on Thursday. REUTERS/Damien Guerchois (KENYA)" border="0" /></a>AP - The global rate of tuberculosis infections has leveled off, public health officials said Thursday, offering a glimmer of hope for the first time since the disease's spread was declared a global emergency more than a decade ago.</p><br clear="all"/>

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