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Tuberculosis is back in Kansas. Under RFK Jr., this might be just the beginning | Opinion
Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just last month, two new bills were proposed that would effectively eliminate ...
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Expert: Big TB Outbreaks in U.S. Are Rare, but Global Control Is Needed
Highlighting the rise in U.S. cases has been an ongoing TB outbreak in Kansas, where a total of 68 active cases since 2024 had occurred as of March 21, according to the Kansas Department of ...
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Tuberculosis on the Rise Again in the US
HealthDay News — Preliminary data released this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported last year, representing ...
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On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, the U.S. Remains Vulnerable to Infectious Disease
She actually first broke the story that Kansas was even having a TB outbreak. As of last Friday, Kansas has seen 68 active cases of TB, and that’s since the beginning of the outbreak ...
Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years
Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.
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We’re back: How tuberculosis is set to surge globally once again
John Green's new book highlights the history of tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease, which the Trump ...
Kansas confirms first measles case since 2018 amid outbreak in other states
The new case is in Stevens County in southwest Kansas. It’s unclear if it is connected to outbreaks in New Mexico and ...
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Kansas tuberculosis rate up 148% last year, as U.S. cases reach more than a decade high
More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the highest since 2011, according to preliminary ...