The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an important public health lesson.

Tuberculosis outbreak at Long Beach hotel to lead to public health emergency There have been 14 confirmed cases of the disease since Monday, April 29, with another 170 people potentially infected.

The outbreak started last January. Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find more cases.

State public health officials are adding more nuance on a previous claim about an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area.

Public health experts emphasize the importance of awareness, proactive measures, and balanced communication to manage TB outbreaks effectively.

Kansas is currently experiencing a large tuberculosis outbreak, but federal health officials are countering the claim it’s a U.S. record.

Last month, mayors in 14 Nunavik communities alleged there were budget cuts to the health board and demanded for them to be ...

Public health workers identified more than 170 active TB cases and more than 400 latent cases from 2015 to 2017. And in 2021, a nationwide outbreak linked to contaminated tissue used in bone ...

Kansas’ tuberculosis outbreak highlights public health issues, in a time when Trump policies attack the poor and vaccine skepticism rises.

Greiner and multiple other public health officials said the general public is not at risk of catching tuberculosis from this outbreak. Tuberculosis takes close, repeated contact to contract.