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Tuberculosis continues to spread in Johnson and Wyandotte counties
According to the latest data from the Kansas Department of Health, so far this year there have been a total of 9 active tuberculosis cases and 48 latent cases in the state.
Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years
Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.
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Expert: Big TB Outbreaks in U.S. Are Rare, but Global Control Is Needed
Highlighting the rise in U.S. cases has been an ongoing TB outbreak in Kansas, where a total of 68 active cases since 2024 had occurred as of March 21, according to the Kansas Department of Health ...
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Tuberculosis could be eradicated. So why isn’t it?
John Green’s new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, reveals how social injustice sustains the disease, despite available cures and vaccines.
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Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years
Other illnesses that weaken the immune system and allow latent TB infections to emerge may also be at play. Outbreaks in several ... Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.