The CDC says the rise in large outbreaks signals persistent transmission among people facing social and economic instability.

The CDC has reported that large tuberculosis outbreaks in the US more than doubled between 2017 and 2023, rising from 24 to 50 across 23 states. These outbreaks disproportionately affected U.S.-born ...

Analyzing national surveillance and genomic data, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s ...

Tuberculosis cases have increased for the second year in a row, according to a March 2023 report from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While incidence of tuberculosis ...

The CDC is calling for improved donor screening and culture-based testing of donor organs and tissues after the second outbreak of tuberculosis in transplant cases. Between July 7 and 11, the CDC ...

Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area has ...

Tuberculosis rates in the U.S. rose by 16 percent in 2023, marking the third year that cases went up following nearly 30 years of decline. In the most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from ...

Contaminated bone allograft material from a single manufacturer led to five diagnosed cases of tuberculosis (TB) and two deaths so far, according to CDC data. In July, clinicians in two different ...

MERIDIAN, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. A Treasure Valley resident has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, prompting an investigation by Central District Health. The person ...

Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area has ...