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  "textContent": "\n\n\nTuberculosis is killing one person every week in England before a person even gets the chance to be diagnosed or treated, new research has revealed.\n\nA new study published in the Journal Thorax has revealed that those most likely to receive a postmortem TB diagnosis were older, British-born men, which is different to the typical TB patient, who is foreign-born and in their mid-thirties.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nResearchers believe clinicians may be failing to consider the condition in individuals who don’t fit the expected demographic.\n\nIt comes as TB rates in England have reached a ten-year high – with 9.4 cases per 100,000 people recorded in 2024.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis is below the World Health Organization’s threshold of 10 per 100,000 for low incidence status – a level researchers expect to be crossed when 2025 data is released.\n\nOutside of London, the risk of an undetected case was higher still, particularly among those with a family history of alcohol or drug misuse.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * 'A finger-prick test found 37 food intolerances doctors had missed - and ended a lifetime of pain'\n  * Three key 'ageing' symptoms that could actually signal vitamin B12 deficiency\n  * Bloodthirsty mosquitoes to thrive in Britain as deadly virus alarm raised amid heatwave conditions\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nChildren under four also faced an elevated risk, which scientists put down to immature immune systems, vague symptoms and practical difficulties of obtaining samples from young patients.\n\nDoctor Eleanor Morgan, co-author and resident doctor at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said raising case numbers made vigilance essential.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe said more clinicians should ask “could this be TB?” even when the patient doesn’t fit the conventional risk profile.\n\nThe authors of the study argued that postmortem diagnosis should be classified as a “never event”, which triggers formal investigation to identify where care fell short.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe broader picture is also one of growing concern, as COVID-19 disrupted tuberculosis programmes worldwide and fuelled a resurgence.\n\nMeanwhile, cuts to US and other international aid funding risk compounding the problem further.\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Older British men are most at risk of dying from tuberculosis that doctors fail to spot"
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