Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area has ...

Tuberculosis (TB) rates in the U.S. rose by 16% in 2023, marking the third year that cases went up following nearly 30 years of decline. In the most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) ...

The CDC is calling for improved donor screening and culture-based testing of donor organs and tissues after the second outbreak of tuberculosis in transplant cases. Between July 7 and 11, the CDC ...

Tuberculosis cases in the U.S. have reached their highest point in over a decade, with more than 10,300 cases reported in 2024. Treatment for tuberculosis involves a combination of medications and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Tuberculosis (TB) rates in the U.S. rose by ...