{"id":193938,"date":"2026-03-06T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/this-small-affordable-device-prescreens-for-tuberculosis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T16:10:14","slug":"this-small-affordable-device-prescreens-for-tuberculosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/this-small-affordable-device-prescreens-for-tuberculosis\/","title":{"rendered":"This Small, Affordable Device Prescreens for Tuberculosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/health\/medical\/this-small-affordable-device-prescreens-for-tuberculosis\/\">This Small, Affordable Device Prescreens for Tuberculosis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/health\/medical\/this-small-affordable-device-prescreens-for-tuberculosis\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/health\/medical\/this-small-affordable-device-prescreens-for-tuberculosis\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-06 19:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The South African startup AI Diagnostics unveiled a new medical accessory at MWC 2026: a wireless stethoscope designed to screen for tuberculosis (TB) by listening to a person&#8217;s breathing.<\/li>\n<li>In areas with widespread childhood vaccinations, TB is still a major health threat for adults due to limited efficacy of the vaccine in adults.<\/li>\n<li>The novel TB monitor uses two microphones to analyze breathing and detect TB early, aiming to be used by non-specialized healthcare professionals.<\/li>\n<li>The device strives to be cost-effective, with pricing at under $1 per test, compared to more expensive methods like chest X-rays or sputum tests.<\/li>\n<li>AI Diagnostics leases the stethoscopes to communities in South Africa and aims to expand to other African and Asian countries, pending medical certification in each region.<\/li>\n<li>The company\u2019s AI compares lung recordings to a TB audio database developed from 15 studies in 10 countries, aiming to grow its database for wider demographic accuracy.<\/li>\n<li>The monitor is certified under ISO 13485 and is seeking WHO recommendation to enter additional markets.<\/li>\n<li>The company plans to use its technology beyond TB to screen for other lung and heart conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Small, Affordable Device Prescreens for Tuberculosis https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/health\/medical\/this-small-affordable-device-prescreens-for-tuberculosis\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-06 19:31:00 Source Domain: www.cnet.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/79751d9a21c735665f5f6618124d457aac6376fa\/hub\/2026\/03\/07\/59590281-d4b5-470d-8904-19e62727ce32\/ai-diagnostics-tb-monitor.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193940,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193938\/revisions\/193940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}