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Tuberculosis was once a disease in decline, but a resurgence in cases has health officials puzzled
Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three ...
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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Tuberculosis is back in Kansas. Under RFK Jr., this might be just the beginning | Opinion
Jack Gruber USA Today Network Kansas is facing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the U.S. since the 1950s. As of the beginning of 2025, 67 active and 79 latent cases linked to the outbreak have ...
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Kansas tuberculosis rate up 148% last year, as U.S. cases reach more than a decade high
KANSAS CITY - Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen ...
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On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, the U.S. Remains Vulnerable to Infectious Disease
also part of the Kansas City Metro. The thing that was different with this outbreak is that the case number, um, for active tuberculosis cases, meaning the person can spread tuberculosis and is ...
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Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years
NEW YORK (AP) — Tuberculosis continued to rise again ... including a recent one in the Kansas City, Kansas area. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data.
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Health Officials Puzzle Over the Resurgence of Tuberculosis in Kansas
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...