845 - Tuberculosis in the U.S.
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
About this episode:
A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is one of the largest in recent history. Risk to the general public remains low, but the outbreak itself could be a signal of a seriously strained public health system. In today's episode: an overview of tuberculosis including how it spreads and who is most at risk, and what the Kansas City outbreak means for public health. Also: How the U.S.'s departure from the WHO could impact the fight against the world's leading infectious disease killer.
Guest:
Dr. David Dowdy is an infectious disease epidemiologist, a tuberculosis researcher, and the executive vice dean for academic affairs at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Host:
Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Show links and related content:
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The Promise of TB Vaccines—International Vaccine Access Center
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Why Tuberculosis, An Ancient Disease, Remains a Public Health Threat—Public Health On Call (December, 2023)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
| 0:05.9 | where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges. |
| 0:16.3 | If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to Public Health Question at jh.edu. |
| 0:23.8 | That's Public Health Question at jh.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:31.5 | Hey listeners, it's Lindsay Smith Rogers. |
| 0:34.2 | Today, the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City. |
| 0:37.3 | Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. David Dowdy returns to the podcast to talk about the disease, |
| 0:42.7 | the outbreak, and why it's an alarming indication for the current state of public health. |
| 0:48.2 | Let's listen. |
| 0:49.1 | David Downey, welcome back to Public Health on Call. |
| 0:51.1 | How you doing? |
| 0:51.9 | I'm doing well. |
| 0:52.7 | Thanks so much for having me, Lindsay. |
| 0:54.0 | It's great to see you again, although unfortunately, not under these circumstances. We are here |
| 0:59.5 | to talk about an outbreak of tuberculosis that's happening in Kansas City. But just to set the scene a |
| 1:05.1 | little bit because it's been a minute since we talked about TB, tell us about tuberculosis, |
| 1:10.2 | presentation, how you test for it, all those |
| 1:12.7 | details. |
| 1:13.7 | Sure. |
| 1:14.7 | Thanks, Lindsay. |
| 1:15.7 | So tuberculosis is a disease, it's a bacterial disease that's been with us for centuries. |
| 1:22.7 | It is, you know, the typical symptoms are fevers, weight loss, night sweats, and cough is the first thing |
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