Monkeypox, Polio, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis- Why Are We Experiencing Emergence of Multiple Infectious Diseases Simultaneously?

Aditi Bhargava
5 min readAug 7, 2022
Are vaccines the panacea or part of the problem? Re-emergence of several infectious diseases simultaneously.

While we are still reeling from mishandling of COVID-19 pandemic, the last few months have been filled with re-emergence of infectious diseases that were thought to be eradicated in the US and/or under control in the rest of the world. Polio has re-emerged in several parts…

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Aditi Bhargava

Dr. Aditi Bhargava is a molecular neuroendocrinologist with research focus on sex differences in stress biology and immunology.