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

Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...

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

The U.S. has historically been the largest funder of WHO, as well as global tuberculosis programs. On his first day in office ...

The United States is experiencing one of its largest outbreaks of tuberculosis since the CDC began reporting in the 1950s.

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 ...

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...

More than 60 people were being treated in the Kansas City area as of Friday, according to the state health department.

Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...

This comes as a wave of tuberculosis cases has hit parts of Kansas, as reported by CNN. Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the C ...