What Is Tuberculosis And How Does It Spread?
Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can ...
CDC says Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest. Here's what KDHE meant
After the CDC said the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest in documented history, KDHE clarified they meant the ...
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Tuberculosis Hits Hard in Kansas City
State and local public health officials in Kansas are responding to a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City area, ...
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Kansas Says TB Outbreak Is Largest in Recorded U.S. History: What to Know
And TB can survive in the air for several hours, according to the CDC. There are two conditions related to TB bacteria: inactive TB and active TB. In latent cases of the disease, it can live in the ...
Is There a Vaccine for TB in the U.S.? Infectious Disease Doctors Explain Tuberculosis Prevention
There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...
Kansas officials claimed TB outbreak was largest in U.S. history. CDC says that’s wrong
A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...
US health websites, datasets taken down as agencies comply with Trump executive orders
Several US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention websites and datasets related to HIV, LGBTQ people, youth health behaviors and more have been removed after the agency was directed to comply with ...