Is Kansas TB Outbreak a Record? Editor’s note: U.S. News has updated this story due to information provided by the CDC. Read on for more detail. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ...

Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB. Kansas health officials said patients who test positive will be screened to see if they have active TB disease or latent TB infection.

Currently, several states have outbreaks. In Kansas City, where cases have increased 148%, two deaths have been reported ...

Thirteen people in four low-income households in Kansas were said to have contracted the anti-biotic resistant disease. TB is ...

So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...

In an email to The Star, a CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks within the last decade linked to more TB infections than ...

Kansas health officials say the risk to the general public is “very low.” TB cases are not entirely uncommon in the United States. In 2023, there were 9,633 TB cases reported, CDC data shows ...

TB is an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs, according to KDHE. It is caused by bacteria that spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak or sing. "Kansas is not ...

While TB makes more than 10 million people sick each year, fewer than 10,000 of them are in the United States. But the outbreak in greater Kansas City offers a stark reminder of the importance of ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of ...

Now, as Kansas grapples with a major tuberculosis outbreak ... has spilled over from the pandemic and the heightened threat of TB and measles outbreaks make now a bad time to limit health ...