After the CDC said the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest in documented history, KDHE clarified they meant the ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one the of largest in U.S.

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

Tuberculosis, thought to be a disease of the past, is on the rise across the country and in New Jersey. In January, public health officials in the Kansas City metro area raised alarm about an ...

Is the Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak the Largest in U.S. History? Kansas health officials called the outbreak "the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history" since the CDC began counting cases in the ...

However, even those with a latent infection can develop active TB over time and get sick from the disease, according to the CDC. The CDC estimated up to 13 million people in the United States have ...

The outbreak, which began in January 2024, has resulted in 67 confirmed active tuberculosis cases and 79 confirmed latent cases, with two deaths. The CDC is providing on-site assistance in Kansas ...

However, a CDC spokesperson rebutted this claim, pointing to two recent tuberculosis outbreaks in the U.S. involving a larger number of cases, NBC News previously reported. These include an ...

However, a CDC spokesperson rebutted this claim, pointing to two recent tuberculosis outbreaks in the U.S. involving a larger number of cases, NBC News previously reported. These include an ...