A CDC spokesperson said that isn't accurate, pointing to an outbreak response from 2015 to 2017 and an outbreak in 2021. Now, KDHE says the Kansas outbreak is the largest "over the span of one year." ...

Kansas health officials called the outbreak ... 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 ...

The CDC is providing on-site assistance in Kansas, including contact tracing, testing, and community health education. State public health officials are adding more nuance on a previous claim ...

Kansas health officials said patients who test ... people with inactive TB can develop active TB disease and become sick, the CDC said. TB is spread through the air from one person to another.

In an email to The Star, a CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks within the last decade linked to more TB infections than Kansas’ ongoing outbreak, including one from 2015-2017 when the ...

Kansas health officials called the outbreak ... 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 ...

Kansas is currently battling what state health officials have called the largest documented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in US history. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ... speaks or sings, according to the CDC. The germs can stay in the air for hours, and germs are more likely to spread indoors or in areas with ...

Correction: In a previous version of this report, Kansas health officials said the ongoing TB outbreak is the largest in the United States since the 1950s. The CDC said Tuesday that there have ...