News-Medical.Net December 1, 2025
Researchers have unveiled new AI tools, from smartphone cough analysis to child-friendly screening systems, which could transform how tuberculosis is detected, monitored and prevented.
The innovations, presented at the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, Denmark (18-21 November), show promise for faster, more accessible, personalised TB care, especially for communities where traditional diagnostics remain out of reach.
Guy Marks, president of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, said the advances showed “the extraordinary potential of artificial intelligence to transform the fight against TB and lung disease”.
“The challenge now is ensuring these innovations reach the people and health systems that need them most,” he said at the conference.
TB remains the world‘s most deadly infectious disease,...
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