Leprosy, Plague, Polio: 5 Diseases Reappearing in US

A polio vaccine box is displayed at a health clinic in Brooklyn, New York on Aug. 17, 2022. (Getty Images)

By    |   Friday, 04 August 2023 07:31 AM EDT ET

Several diseases that many Americans believed to be a thing of the past are suddenly rearing their heads here at home.

Health officials recently issued an alert that cases of leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, are surging in Central Florida. Polio has been detected in wastewater in parts of New York. And experts have expressed concern that tuberculosis outbreaks could become more frequent occurrences thanks to an uptick in unvaccinated illegal immigrants entering the U.S.

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