It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 cases since 2024. So far, officials have reported 60 active ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body. It;s transmitted through the air when someone with TB coughs ...

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ...

By Neil Vigdor Kansas is grappling with what state health officials say is one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks there since the 1950s, one that has infected dozens of people. The epicenter of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday. The Kansas Department ...

It’s easy to think that tuberculosis is an illness from another era. But the United States is actually experiencing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in its history. The outbreak, which is ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas has become the largest recorded outbreak of the illness in the U.S., with nearly 70 active cases since last year. A doctor examines the x-rays of a ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in northeast Kansas has become the largest in United States history, according to health officials. The Kansas Department of ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County and the Kansas City metro area is “unprecedented.” The Wyandotte County Public Health ...

Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. Getty An outbreak of the respiratory disease tuberculosis in Kansas is the largest in the state — and some are saying it’s ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNND) — Health officials in Kansas said they have been dealing with an "unprecedented" tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the northeastern part of the state. Online data from the ...