International coalition calls for clear actions from world leaders NEW YORK, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An international coalition of scientists and activists today launched a common platform for ending the AIDS epidemic.

WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of World TB Day, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg helped public and private sector partners launch a new collaboration to significantly accelerate the development of combination treatments for tuberculosis -- and replace an almost 50-year-old drug regimen.

Experts are seeking more research funding to develop better diagnostic tests, vaccines and drugs for tuberculosis, which killed just under 2 million people worldwide last year.

Old drugs, outdated tests, empty promises, new threats. Such is the bleak reality surrounding an international tuberculosis conference opening Thursday in a city scarred by a killer combination of TB and AIDS.

Old drugs. Outdated tests. Empty promises. New threats.