Advisory Board January 30, 2025
Kansas is currently experiencing one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) in recent history, with almost 70 active infections and two deaths.
Kansas sees major TB outbreak
TB is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which lives in the lungs and spreads through the air when people with an active infection speak or cough. It is the leading cause of infectious disease deaths worldwide, killing 1.25 million people in 2023.
In the United States, cases of TB have steadily declined since the mid-1990s but increased each year from 2020 to 2023. In 2024, there were over 8,700 reported cases of TB in the United States.
TB can take two forms, active and latent. In active...
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