Tuberculosis Outbreak, RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings and Polar Bear Hair

This week we’re recapping Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation
hearings. Highly pathogenic H5N9, a strain of bird flu, was found
in U.S. poultry. A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is making
headlines—but how severe is the spread? Health equity reporter Bek
Shackelford-Nwanganga of the Kansas News Service and KCUR joins
host Rachel Feltman to unpack the situation. Plus, we discuss
fossilized puke and ice-resistant polar bear hair. Recommended
reading: –Shackelford-Nwanganga’s reporting on the tuberculosis
outbreak in Kansas –The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and
Chickens –RFK, Jr., Confirmation Hearing Showed 5 Ways He Threatens
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