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tb gold test :: Article Creator Scientists Develop A TB Test & Find A Genetic Vulnerability In Resistant Strains A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO). The assay can identify the tuberculosis-causing pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples within a few hours. Tuberculosis is a primary cause of death by infectious disease worldwide. The disease is estimated to kill over one million people every year, and is a huge socio-economic burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. "High-quality diagnostic tests are the cornerstone of effective TB care and prevention," said Dr. Rogerio Gaspar, WHO Director for Regulation and Prequalification. "Prequalification paves the way for equitable access to cutting-edge technologies, empowering countries to address the dual burden of TB and drug-resistant TB."  M. Tuberculosis c...

“Superbugs in the Anthropocene: A Profit-Driven Plague - Monthly Review” plus 2 more

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“Superbugs in the Anthropocene: A Profit-Driven Plague - Monthly Review” plus 2 more Superbugs in the Anthropocene: A Profit-Driven Plague - Monthly Review Pregnant women with substance use disorders need treatment, not prison - STAT A Plague Tale: Innocence versus the Black Death - Eurogamer.net Superbugs in the Anthropocene: A Profit-Driven Plague - Monthly Review Posted: 01 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT Ian Angus edits the website Climate and Capitalism and is the author, most recently, of A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism (Monthly Review Press, 2017). He would like to thank John Bellamy Foster, Fred Magdoff, Michael Friedman, Lis Angus, and two anonymous scientific reviewers for their assistance with this article. While I was writing this article, the press reported: A maternity hospital in Romania shut down because thirty-nine newborns were infected by a drug-resistant super...