Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

There is an alarming outbreak of active tuberculosis (TB) cases in the Kansas City, Kansas area. At least 69 people have been sickened, including two deaths, since the outbreak was first reported in ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024. Health officials are raising ...

Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the ...

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...

tuberculosis), most frequently affecting the lungs. These tiny bacteria are usually ... only 5 per cent to 10 per cent will develop TB. What happens to the TB bacilli once in the body is largely ...

In today’s Health Alert, the tuberculosis outbreak continues to infect dozens of people in Kansas. Two people lost their ...

Kansas is experiencing record-high tuberculosis cases in two counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and a TB expert weigh in on the public risk.

The outbreak started last January. Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find ...

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

Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded ...