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.

Public health officials in Texas are willing to talk about immunization status, but public health officials in Kansas won’t talk about immigration status or whatever factor connects the TB cases ...

Kansas’ tuberculosis outbreak highlights public health issues, in a time when Trump policies attack the poor and vaccine skepticism rises.

Kansas is currently experiencing a large tuberculosis outbreak, but federal health officials are countering the claim it’s a U.S. record.

A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City metro area has resulted in dozens of cases and at least 2 deaths, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), demonstrating ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

Nunavut's health department has officially declared an end to tuberculosis outbreaks in Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet.

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

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Kansas’ tuberculosis outbreak highlights public health issues, in a time when Trump policies attack the poor and vaccine skepticism rises.

While the outbreak is large, KDHE says the health risk remains low for the general public. TB is spread person-to-person only through prolonged contact with someone who has active TB, Bronough said.

Kansas’ tuberculosis outbreak highlights public health issues, in a time when Trump policies attack the poor and vaccine skepticism rises.