2 days ago · Kansas health officials called the outbreak “the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history” since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began counting cases in …

2 days ago · So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according …

The first tuberculosis cases related to the outbreak were recorded in January 2024. Two deaths were linked to the outbreak in 2024. [5] Containment efforts by local authorities began in …

1 day ago · (Reuters) -An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious …

2 days ago · Kansas is grappling with what state health officials say is one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks there since the 1950s, one that has infected dozens of people. ... 113 …

2 days ago · A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City has become the largest documented TB outbreak on record in the United States. Data on the outbreak from the Kansas Department of …

2 days ago · CNN has reached out to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for comment on the outbreak. Nationally, tuberculosis case counts in the United States increased …

3 days ago · The outbreak comes amid rising TB incidence in the United States. According to CDC data, 9,633 TB cases were reported in the United States in 2023 —the highest case …

Jan 24, 2025 · An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States. "Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they've ever had …

4 days ago · An additional 79 people in the area have been reported to have latent infections of tuberculosis associated with the outbreak since 2024, and there were two reported TB deaths …