The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health ...
There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., ...
Two counties in the Kansas City area continue to grapple with what is now a yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clarified the Kansas outbreak isn’t the largest in modern history.
The Kansas City area is at the epicenter of an “unprecedented” tuberculosis outbreak, which is among the largest in U.S. history, the Kansas City Star reported. As of Friday, 67 people were being ...