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Podcast: Science Quickly
Episode: Tuberculosis Outbreak, RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings and Polar Bear Hair
Description: This week we’re recapping Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings. Highly pathogenic H5N9, a strain of bird flu, was found in U.S. poultry. A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is making headlines—but how severe is the spread? Health equity reporter Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga of the Kansas News Service and KCUR joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack the situation. Plus, we discuss fossilized puke and ice-resistant polar bear hair.Recommended reading:–Shackelford-Nwanganga’s reporting on the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas–The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens–RFK, Jr...