Dr. Cory Franklin: Should we be concerned about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas?
Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause ...
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The Kansas City TB outbreak shows the value of U.S. government health funding
The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...
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Commentary: Should we be concerned about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas?
But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...
Immigrant status, homelessness or prison ties to TB outbreak should be made public | Opinion
The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...
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Did bickering between the Kansas and Wyandotte County health departments hinder TB response?
Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
12 Facts About Tuberculosis, the Victorian “Robber of Youth”
Since January 2024, dozens of tuberculosis cases have been found around Kansas City. TB may seem like a disease of the ...
Tuberculosis is on the rise again. We can fight it — if we try
Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet.
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Immigrant status, homelessness or prison ties to TB outbreak should be made public | Opinion
Just a couple of years ago, there was a smaller TB outbreak in Kansas. After the outbreak was contained, the CDC reported that the majority of those who came down with TB were immigrants and their ...