I write about health and U.K. health policy. Although it's often thought of as a disease of the past, tuberculosis is still found widely around the world, killing around 1.25 million people annually.

It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 cases since 2024. So far, officials have reported 60 active ...

No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial disease in the Kansas City metropolitan area has raised concerns about spread locally and ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...

As Kansas deals with an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak – the largest in recorded history in the United States – you might be wondering if the threat of TB could make its way to Delaware.

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state ...

Two Kansas counties are reporting active cases of TB in the largest reported outbreak of the respiratory disease Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared ...

ISABEL. STEVE. PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED AT LOW RISK FOR TUBERCULOSIS, BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS IN KANSAS ARE REPORTING 67 CONFIRMED CASES RELATED TO THIS OUTBREAK. THAT’S THE ...

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has become the largest documented on record in the United States. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday. The Kansas Department ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Shorter duration, fully oral treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB) are now recommended for most adults and children.