New TB Vaccines Could Save 7M Lives by 2050 — But Can They Deliver?

The Debate

Every year, tuberculosis kills more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and Ebola combined. In 2024, 1.2 million people died from a disease that scientists have known about for centuries — and that we already have a vaccine for. So when Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced this week that next-generation tuberculosis vaccines could save 7.3 million lives by 2050, the question wasn't just whether new vaccines are needed. It was whether we can actually get them from the lab to the people...