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Peter Hotez: Yellow fever has broken out of Brazil. The U.S. isn't prepared.

Houston Chronicle, June 20, 2025

"Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine, became a national figure during the COVID-19 outbreak — the straight-talking bow-tied scientist who, for awhile, seemed to be on every network from Fox to CNBC. He still monitors the world for disease outbreaks, keeping an eye out for the next pathogen that could threaten the world. These days, he said recently, he’s worried that an old threat — yellow fever —  is about to come roaring back. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity." – Lisa Gray