South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can't detect ...

Rapid near-point-of-care molecular tests using tongue swabs can help end TB, enabling diagnosis and treatment to begin within ...

In children and HIV patients, it is very difficult to get the sputum sample. No matter how sensitive, or accurate, the sputum test is, it can only serve about 60 to 65% of the patient population ...

While probably years away from widespread use, a test for TB that relies on a simple tongue swab instead of a person having to cough up sputum is showing promise. Spotlight takes stock of how the test ...

While this takes diagnostic services into the community, we must ensure on-the-spot collection of sputum samples for those ...

CyPath Lung uses AI to analyze cells in sputum samples, helping identify potential cancer signals without invasive procedures ...

South Africa is trialling a cheap, portable TB test that costs a third of the current standard. But the new test can’t detect ...