'Economic shocks may lead to disrupted access to treatment, rising food insecurity, and worsening mental health,' they sayWith the possibility of new U.S. tariffs still on the table, two U.K. researchers are warning that America’s move to add new trade barriers will have significant public health implications. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content“Economic shocks may lead to disrupted access to treatment, rising food insecurity, and worsening mental health,” the researchers said. “In food insecure regions, these knock-on effects can deepen hunger and undernutrition,” the researchers said. Shortage of medical suppliesWhile the toll from those public health issues is less obvious, the effects of the threats of U.S. tariffs on the supply of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies are evident, the researchers said.