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The Kansas City TB outbreak shows the value of U.S. government health funding
An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan ... of the Trump administration’s assault on global and public health infrastructure. Even though TB is curable and preventable ...
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On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, the U.S. Remains Vulnerable to Infectious Disease
Erin Corriveau: Tuberculosis is something that a lot of our public health laws actually protect. And so outbreaks of TB don’t happen very commonly anymore in the United States. Mwangi ...
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Tuberculosis is back in Kansas. Under RFK Jr., this might be just the beginning | Opinion
Public health is not optional — it is the foundation of a functioning, thriving society. Jack Gruber USA Today Network Kansas ...
Health Officials Puzzle Over the Resurgence of Tuberculosis in Kansas
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often ... People should be aware that TB is still a public health ...
Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback—Here's the Most Common Symptom to Watch Out For
Actually getting treatment is key: The World Health Organization (WHO) says that for two-thirds of TB patients who don't get ...
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Understanding Tuberculosis: Symptoms and Transmission Risks Explained
A Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has people on edge, with not much public knowledge about the disease or ...
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Immigrant status, homelessness or prison ties to TB outbreak should be made public | Opinion
Getty Images For more than a year, local, state and federal public health officials have been tracking one of the nation’s largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in decades. So far, 67 communicable ...