This disease is more lethal than Covid-19 but treatment can arrest it

Tuberculosis patients must take daily doses of pills for as long as six months but many drop out of treatment too early when they start feeling better. — MSF

The infectious disease that killed the most people last year is one we’ve heard almost nothing about: tuberculosis.

In 2022, it likely claimed 1.4 million lives, more than the total toll of Covid-19.