Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...
The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...
Tuberculosis is treatable with antibiotics, and health officials encourage those contacted to undergo testing as a precaution ...
But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...
The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...
But a spokesperson for the CDC on Tuesday refuted that claim, noting at least two larger TB outbreaks in recent history. In one, the disease spread through Georgia homeless shelters. Public health ...
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...
The workers' duties included city immunization efforts, tuberculosis research and preparation for public health emergencies, ...
Health officials in Kansas say the risk to people living in surrounding counties and to the general public is "very low," and that the department is following guidance from the CDC. TB is a ...
Tuberculosis, thought to be a disease of the past, is on the rise across the country and in New Jersey. In January, public health officials in the Kansas City metro area raised alarm about an ...
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.