Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet.
Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause ...
But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...
While tuberculosis was a much bigger danger in the ... the highest in a decade, according to the CDC.
THAT’S THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE CDC STARTED KEEPING TRACK IN THE 1950S. TUBERCULOSIS IS A BACTERIAL INFECTION. COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE CHEST PAIN AND A COUGH. SOMETIMES CONTAINING BLOOD.
In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health. Beginning with the removal of websites and key ...
But the CDC rebutted that characterization, pointing to a tuberculosis outbreak in Georgia homeless shelters from 2015 to 2017, in which more than 170 cases of active tuberculosis and over 400 ...
Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.
The U.S. recorded 8,649 cases of tuberculosis last year, and 9,606 in 2023, according to the CDC. Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 as the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023 ...