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A large, ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has sickened at least 67 and caused two deaths. What to know about TB symptoms, transmission, and treatment.
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.
A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area has sickened dozens of people and killed two. What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment.
The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said.
‘Unprecedented’ TB outbreak recorded in Kansas with nearly 70 cases reported ‘Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they’ve ever had in history’ said a Kansas Department of ...
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 ...
Kansas is currently experiencing a large tuberculosis outbreak, but federal health officials are countering the claim it’s a U.S. record.
An outbreak of the respiratory disease tuberculosis in Kansas is the largest in the state — and some are saying it’s the biggest surge in recent U.S. history.
An unprecedented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas has reached historic levels, becoming one of the largest ever recorded in U.S. history.
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 ...