After the CDC said the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest in documented history, KDHE clarified they meant the ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

A tuberculosis outbreak started over a year ago in the Kansas City area, but it's now drawing national attention.

Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the ...

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to ...

This happens to about 10% of people with latent TB in the U.S. In total, the CDC estimates about 13 million people have latent TB nationwide. Treating inactive tuberculosis is important to prevent ...

While tuberculosis was a much bigger danger in the ... the highest in a decade, according to the CDC.

Making things even more complicated is that the form of tuberculosis circulating right now appears to be resistant to two common treatment methods for the disease. Unfortunately, officials from the ...

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spreads through germs from people with active illness, CDC says. Often, the telltale sign of active tuberculosis is ...