Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat that infected more than 10 million people in 2022. Spread through the air and ...

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering ...

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...

The team was also coordinating with community leaders to educate the public about tuberculosis, an infectious disease that is caused by bacteria and most often affects the lungs. “This outbreak ...

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...

No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial disease in the Kansas City metropolitan area has raised concerns about spread locally and ...

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City ... according to KDHE. It is caused by bacteria that spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak or sing. "Kansas is not alone in its battle ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City ... People with latent infections cannot spread TB bacteria to others, but if the bacteria becomes active, latent infection can develop ...

The Kansas City metro area is experiencing the largest outbreak in U.S. history, with low risk to the general public, Kansas ...

or cases in which people are infected with the tuberculosis bacteria but don’t have the disease. If the bacteria become active and multiplies, a latent infection can turn into tuberculosis ...

As one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in the U.S. unfolds in Kansas, UC San Diego researchers and their colleagues ...