Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§285b–7c Tuberculosis

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 2 — national heart, lung, and blood institute › § 285b–7c

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the National Institutes of Health can increase and coordinate NIH research and related work on tuberculosis to help eliminate the disease. That work can include more basic and clinical studies (including drug‑resistant tuberculosis), more research on how TB and HIV interact, and new tools and public‑health methods to detect and respond to outbreaks, including multidrug‑resistant TB.

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Title 42, §285b–7c

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(a)In general

The Director of the National Institutes of Health may expand, intensify, and coordinate research and development and related activities of the Institutes with respect to tuberculosis including activities toward the goal of eliminating such disease.

(b)Certain activities

Activities under subsection (a) may include—

(1)enhancing basic and clinical research on tuberculosis, including drug resistant tuberculosis;

(2)expanding research on the relationship between such disease and the human immunodeficiency virus; and

(3)developing new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis, including public health interventions and methods to enhance detection and response to outbreaks of tuberculosis, including multidrug resistant tuberculosis.

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42 U.S.C. § 285b–7c

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110