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Tuberculosis Cases Have Been Rising as Public Health Agencies Struggle to Keep Up
Tuberculosis cases rose to 10,347 in 2024, an 8% increase from 2023, straining public health systems and disproportionately impacting immigrant and marginalized communities.
- The CDC found 2024 marked the highest U.S. TB case count since 2011, with 10,347 cases and increases in 34 states and D.C.
- The administration told Congress it intends to rescind $600 million in public health funds, and a Feb. 11 notice put about $43,900 at risk for TB programs.
- Local health officials say outbreaks include more than 200 students and staff at a San Francisco Bay Area high school and two cases at an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
- Public health agencies report the City of San Antonio tuberculosis clinic proposed cutting a full-time specialist, and Johnson County was told to cover home-visit costs last week.
- The CDC notes that 2025 case numbers will be released at the end of March, while program managers report double-digit increases and TB remains a global killer, causing about 1.5 million deaths yearly.
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Public Health Agencies Struggle to Keep Up With Rising Tuberculosis Cases
In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years — and so has the cost of containing it. The cost of contact tracing and surveillance, traveling each day to patients’ homes to ensure they take their meds or booking hotel rooms to quarantine patients, has surged from $17,000 in 2020 to $65,000 last year. That doesn’t include $13,000… Source
·Sacramento, United States
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