Tuberculosis makes a quiet comeback in the United States
Vox’s Future Perfect reports that tuberculosis is rising in the United States as latent infections awaken into active disease, with outbreaks surfacing in places like Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco, Long Island, and Seattle. The piece argues that TB remains a global health threat and that domestic progress depends on a strong public-health infrastructure, timely diagnosis, access to preventive therapy, and sustained funding for research and treatment. Delays, drug shortages, and the high cost of care threaten prevention and risk more outbreaks and drug resistance, underscoring the need for new diagnostics, vaccines, and policy action to curb TB at home and worldwide.