Tuberculosis: The Ugly Economic Practices Behind Screening for the Deadly Disease

A hand with a syringe and coins in the background

By Derrick Kang Illustration by Junyue Ma Killing an estimated 4,300 people each day, tuberculosis continues to ravage populations around the globe. Annually, the number of deaths reaches close to 1.6 million.1 The cruel irony is that tuberculosis (TB) is curable and has been for nearly 100 years.2 Many of the people affected by TB today don’t […]