A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...

A large, ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has sickened at least 67 and caused two deaths. What to know about TB ...

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 ...

Health officials in Kansas say the risk to people living in surrounding counties and to the general public is "very low," and that the department is following guidance from the CDC. TB is a ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken ... But a spokesperson for the CDC on Tuesday refuted that claim, noting at least two larger TB outbreaks in recent ...

Correction: In a previous version of this report, Kansas health officials said the ongoing TB outbreak is the largest in the United States since the 1950s. The CDC said Tuesday that there have ...

according to the CDC. Treatments for TB typically involve taking multiple antibiotics for months at a time. Local health departments will provide these treatments to the patients in Kansas ...

In comparison, the CDC recorded 46 active TB cases in Kansas in 2023. "In an effort to provide efficient and quality care to those individuals affected by the outbreak, KDHE assumed responsibility ...