An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area straddling Kansas and Missouri has made headlines across the country, a rare feat for an infectious disease too often ignored ...

U.S. aid freezes have jeopardized tuberculosis initiatives worldwide, with Nigeria, South Africa, and Pakistan facing severe ...

Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the ...

Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area ...

Has the recent Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas got you worried about catching TB? Learn about the top symptoms to look out for and explore some tips on how to stop the spread. Taylor Leamey writes ...

The exposure to the disease took place at the Paul Mirabile Center and the South County Lighthouse, public health officials ...

San Diego County's public health department is working with Father Joe's Villages and the San Diego Rescue Mission Wednesday ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates nearly 13 million people in the U.S. have “latent TB infection.

Coughing, with blood-tinged sputum (phlegm that comes from deep inside the lungs); fever, weight loss and night sweats are the four major symptoms, according to Dr. Jonathan Garellek, chief of ...

Florida recorded 681 cases of TB in 2024, about 9% more than the previous year, federal data shows. California had the highest number of reported TB cases in 2024, with 2,100 cases. More than 30 other ...

“Recovery from pandemic-related health care disruptions, increases in post-pandemic travel and migration, and outbreaks in several states have likely contributed to recent TB trends,” the CDC said in ...