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By Anna Maria Barry-Jester | - ( ProPublica) - Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has …

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Tuberculosis remains a ‘poor’ disease that mostly afflicts those living in developing countries.

Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has confronted the horrors of tuberculosis, the world’s oldest and deadliest pandemic. For more than 30 years, patients have streamed into the South African clinics where he has worked — migrant workers, malnourished children and pregnant women with HIV — coughing up blood. Some were so emaciated, he could see their ribs.

A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines.

A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines.

A vaccine against tuberculosis has never been closer to reality. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines.

If the next steps are successful, M72 would be the first new vaccine in a century to target tuberculosis, a disease that killed 1.6 million people in 2021.

A clinical trial for a new Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is to be conducted in South Africa.

A tuberculosis vaccine under development by the Gates Foundation could reduce TB by 50%. "It's a really big deal."