HSE warn of tuberculosis cough risk

THE HSE has issued an urgent warning that a specific type of cough could signal the world's deadliest infectious disease, tuberculosis, after over 200 cases were reported here last year.

- ANITA MCSORLEY

It comes on World Tuberculosis Day 2025, which urgently calls for global commitment, investment and action to eradicate tuberculosis.

It continues to devastate millions of people around the world, and while progress has been made in Ireland, the country's incidence rate is still higher than it should be.