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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.
A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis. Starting in 2024, the U.S. state of Kansas experienced a sudden rise in cases of tuberculosis, with 67 active cases. [1] 109 cases of tuberculosis were recorded in Kansas in 2024, compared to 51 in 2023. [2]
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 ...
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs , but it can also affect other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
However, his death was caused by a car accident. Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 84 BC – ca. 54 BC), Roman poet Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian short-story writer, playwright and physician; died from tuberculosis
It is caused by bacteria that spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak or sing. Two TB deaths associated with this outbreak were reported in 2024, KDHE noted.
Tuberculosis deaths in West Virginia (4 P) Tuberculosis deaths in Wisconsin (11 P) Tuberculosis deaths in Wyoming (1 P) This page was last edited on 3 June 2024, at ...