The new TB diagnostic that could replace 150 years of microscope testing

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Tuberculosis kills more than a million people a year. It’s the world’s deadliest infectious disease. And for most of its history, the standard diagnostic hasn’t changed much since the 1880s: a phlegm sample examined under a microscope. The test has real problems. Not everyone can produce phlegm. Children, elderly […] The post The new TB diagnostic that could replace 150 years of microscope testing first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.