An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024. Health officials are raising ...
Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...
“While TB cases in Wyandotte and Johnson counties are getting attention, we want to assure our residents that what we’re ...
State health officials said that dozens of people in the Kansas City, Kan., area have the disease, which has drawn a federal ...
Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm. The airborne ...
The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health ...
Healthline also offers the following tips for preventing TB infections: Wash your hands often and cover your mouth when ...
A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...
In today’s Health Alert, the tuberculosis outbreak continues to infect dozens of people in Kansas. Two people lost their ...
There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...