Anonymous8 days ago
Tuberculosis cases in the United States have risen for four consecutive years, reaching 10,388 in 2024—the highest since 2011—reversing a nearly seven-decade decline. The resurgence is driven by a combination of reactivated latent infections in immigrant populations, outbreaks in congregate settings like homeless shelters and prisons, and mounting federal funding cuts that have reduced CDC capacity for contact tracing and prevention. With preliminary 2025 data suggesting continued 10-20% growth, the country's 1989 goal of TB elimination now appears further away than at any point in decades.