The New Yorker: Preventing tuberculosis deaths in India
The New Yorker: A Deadly Misdiagnosis
Is it possible to save the millions of people who die from TB?
by Michael Specter
LETTER FROM INDIA about the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Vaccines and antibiotics have long been seen as touchstones of medical progress. To stop tuberculosis, however, particularly in the developing world, an accurate diagnostic exam would be just as valuable.
