Sierra Leone, a West African nation, is currently in the throes of a substance abuse crisis so severe that it has prompted a national emergency. At the center of this epidemic is a synthetic drug known as Kush, often referred to as the “Zombie” drug due to its devastating effects on users. Kush, which emerged […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated guidelines for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in its third edition of the “Consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis- Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection.” These guidelines include recommendations on utilizing targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests for diagnosing drug-resistant TB. NGS tests provide a cutting-edge method for swiftly identifying […]