International $6 million grant to study HIV/TB coinfection in kids

PITTSBURGH, 1/5/2019 – About a third of us are walking around with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB) in our bodies, but most don’t actually end up with TB. For children living with HIV – about 2 million at last estimate – it’s a different story. They’re much more likely to develop TB, and about 40,000 HIV-positive children die from it each year.