Hacker News with Generative AI: Tuberculosis

USAID funding freeze disrupts global tuberculosis control efforts (cidrap.umn.edu)
The Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid delivered through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the subsequent shutdown and dismantling of the agency altogether, has sent shockwaves throughout the community of people working on tuberculosis (TB) treatment, diagnosis, and prevention.
Global Health, Public Health, Tuberculosis, Politics
91 points by Red_Tarsius 9 days ago | 119 comments
'Unprecedented' TB outbreak recorded in Kansas (independent.co.uk)
An unprecedented wave of tuberculosis infections has struck the state of Kansas as nearly 70 cases have been recorded, say officials.
Public Health, Disease Outbreaks, Kansas, Tuberculosis
6 points by belter 26 days ago | 1 comments
Tuberculosis is rising in the U.S. again. How did we get here? (nationalgeographic.com)
After declining for three decades, tuberculosis (TB) rates in the U.S. have been increasing steadily since 2020, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health, Public Health, Disease, Tuberculosis, United States
25 points by irunmyownemail 104 days ago | 60 comments
The Long Road to End Tuberculosis (asimov.press)
This essay by Kamal Nahas concludes Issue 04 of Asimov Press.
Tuberculosis, Healthcare, Science, Essays, Journalism
108 points by tintinnabula 109 days ago | 74 comments