TB--the silent killer crossing our border
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Reported cases of TB shot up 34% from 2020 to 2023, according to the CDC. Western Europe, Scandinavia and North America are all reporting rising TB rates as migrants arrive.
Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. Follow her on Twitter @Betsy_McCaughey.
Reported cases of TB shot up 34% from 2020 to 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and continue to rise. More than three quarters of the cases are foreign-born people who picked up the disease in their home countries or traveling through countries with high TB rates. The TB incidence rate is 60 times higher in Haiti than in the U.S.
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