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Tuberculosis on the rise for first time in decades after COVID-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality

  • Written by Carlos Franco-Paredes, Associate Faculty Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Colorado State University
Tuberculosis on the rise for first time in decades after COVID-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequalityTuberculosis is a dangerous bacterial infection of the lungs.Moyo Studio/E+ via Getty Images

Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted public health efforts in the U.S. and globally, tuberculosis...

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