An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

Tuberculosis has stalked humanity for as nearly as long as we've been on earth. In this article, we take a look at how UCSF ...

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 ...

“When public health services weaken, one of the first things you will see is outbreaks of TB.” I asked him what he meant by that and he told me that the “concern is there are other outbreaks we are ...

But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

Sixty-seven cases and two deaths have been reported in an ongoing Kansas TB outbreak. Officials initially said it is the largest outbreak in U.S. history but clarified it is the largest over the ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

Michael A. Bernstein, MD, Stamford Health, addresses common misconceptions about tuberculosis amid the outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City, Kansas, area is currently experiencing a ...

Just a couple of years ago, there was a smaller TB outbreak in Kansas. After the outbreak was contained, the CDC reported that the majority of those who came down with TB were immigrants and their ...