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World's Top Infectious Killer Claimed 1.23 Million Lives Last Year, WHO Says


Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN health organisation said Wednesday as it warned that recent gains made against the disease were fragile.

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