Tuberculosis cases rise, but public health agencies say they lack the resources to keep up

Nationally, those numbers are still lower than they were before the pandemic, but some states including Alaska, Nevada, South Carolina and Washington have exceeded their pre-pandemic figures, according to a CDC report citing state data.

While anyone can catch tuberculosis, it disproportionately afflicts foreign-born people and Hispanic, Black, Asian American, Pacific Islander and Indigenous communities, according to the CDC.

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