New Public Health Threat: Refuge Diseases
"As the U.S. continues to grapple with the coronavirus’s Delta variant, there is mounting evidence that the nation’s nearly two-year-long battle against COVID-19 is diverting attention and resources away from other contagious diseases brought here by waves of Afghan refugees and migrants pouring across the southern border.
In an official Health Advisory issued on September 20, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alerted clinicians nationwide that the approximately 124,000 evacuees from Afghanistan, including 6,000 U.S. citizens, could include people carrying measles, mumps, leishmaniasis, malaria, and even polio...Read all!
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