On March 24, 1882, Doctor Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB). During this time, TB killed one out of every seven people living in the United States and Europe. Doctor Koch’s discovery paved the way for diagnosing and treating a deadly disease that had plagued humanity for thousands of years. However, global efforts have stopped short of eradicating TB and it remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. Despite being treatable with antibiotics, 1.5 million people die …
