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A Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposes U.S. Postpandemic Vulnerabilities

A Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposes U.S. Postpandemic Vulnerabilities

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On COVID’s fifth anniversary, the U.S. is facing an outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas that makes strong public health systems as important as ever.

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It’s been five years since COVID was declared a global pandemic.
Local, national and global public health agencies mobilized to
contain the spread of COVID, but experts worry that backlash
against measures like lockdowns have made today’s systems less
capable of handling a disease of similar scale. Now the U.S. faces
a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas that underscores the importance
of public health infrastructure. Recommended reading: On COVID’s
Fifth Anniversary, Scientists Reflect on Mistakes and Successes
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/on-covids-fifth-anniversary-scientists-reflect-on-mistakes-and-successes/
Read Michelle Mello’s research on how public health legal powers
have changed since the beginning of the COVID pandemic:
https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076269 And check out
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga’s ongoing health equity reporting:
https://www.kcur.org/bek-shackelford E-mail us at
sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or
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