at will become even more so if action is not taken towards their spread. In the U.S. this action is beginning to happen. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease are supporting programs to study tuberculosis and develop new tools to recognize it, new vaccines to prevent it and new ways to educate the public about it. Tests like the tine test, where a four pronged device was used to puncture a small area on the arm and check it in two days to see if any infection was present and the Mantoux test which is more commonly used today and involves a single needle prick on the arm and is then examined two days later to see if a red welt forms. These and many other tests as well as new vaccines are used today to identify, treat and prevent tuberculosis. Although some of these treatments work, doctors and scientists are still working today to discover new cures and ways to identify the incurable disease in which one- third of the world’s population is affected with. ...
