This story has been updated to clarify some CDC statistics. An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in the state's history, and while the risk of contracting the bacterial ...
The CDC has reported that large tuberculosis outbreaks in the US more than doubled between 2017 and 2023, rising from 24 to 50 across 23 states. These outbreaks disproportionately affected U.S.-born ...
The CDC has reported that large tuberculosis outbreaks in the US more than doubled between 2017 and 2023 compared with the mid‑2010s, rising from 24 to 50 incidents across 23 states. These outbreaks, ...
The Unified Government Public Health Department of Wyandotte County in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas, area has taken local experts aback, ...
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment clarifies that the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is the largest in the US over a one-year period, not the largest ever recorded. The ...
Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area has ...
The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com Reality Check is a Star series ...
LIVE NOW WITH THE POTENTIAL CONCERNS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ISABEL. STEVE. PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED AT LOW RISK FOR TUBERCULOSIS, BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS IN KANSAS ARE REPORTING 67 ...
Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area has ...
A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the ...