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Tuberculosis spreads through the air from one person to another. Someone with an active infection can put the germs into the air when they cough, speak, or sing. Those germs can hang out in 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 ...
A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has become the largest documented TB outbreak in the United States since monitoring began in the 1950s, according to the ...
While tuberculosis was a much bigger danger in the U.S. in earlier generations, it has been trending back up in recent years. In 2023 there were more than 9,600 cases nationwide, the highest in a decade , according to the CDC.
A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds more exemptions; The death toll from a New Year's Eve illegal fireworks explosion in Honolulu climbs to 5; Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19; The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Forty states reported an increase in TB, and rates were up among all age groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More than 9,600 cases were reported, a 16% increase from 2022 and the ...
M. tuberculosis is able to reproduce inside the macrophage and will eventually kill the immune cell. The primary site of infection in the lungs, known as the Ghon focus, is generally located in either the upper part of the lower lobe, or the lower part of the upper lobe. [13] Tuberculosis of the lungs may also occur via infection from the blood ...
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. Two dead, dozens sickened ...