The rapid rise of syphilis, hepatitis C and drug-resistant TB are pretty worrisome for most EMS workers right now.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom...s-release.html
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom...s-Release.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-h...eatens-europe/
"The national rise in congenital syphilis parallels increases in syphilis among women of reproductive age. From 2017 to 2018, syphilis cases increased 36 percent among women of childbearing age. The 40 percent increase in congenital syphilis cases continues a dangerous trend seen in recent years. Although most states reported at least one case of congenital syphilis, five states – Texas, California, Florida, Arizona, and Louisiana – accounted for 70 percent of cases in the U.S."
"Over just five years, the number of new hepatitis C virus infections reported to CDC has nearly tripled, reaching a 15-year high"
"New figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, released in advance of World TB Day on March 24, have shown that the number of cases of
the most severe form of drug-resistant tuberculosis – known as extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) and classified as resistant to four or more drugs – has increased
from around 350 in 2012 to almost 5,000 in 2016, the majority of which were in the former eastern bloc."
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/...drtb/xdrtb.htm