Health Officials Puzzle Over the Resurgence of Tuberculosis in Kansas
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...
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Dr. Cory Franklin: Should we be concerned about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas?
In this case, there is virtual silence from the CDC and local ... comprise a large part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, have the greatest number of reported tuberculosis cases, and both ...
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The Kansas City TB outbreak shows the value of U.S. government health funding
An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area straddling Kansas and Missouri has made headlines across the country, a rare feat for an infectious disease too often ignored ...
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CDC firings, including in Kansas City, raise fears about disease outbreak response
Two fired CDC workers had been deployed to Kansas City to help work on a tuberculosis outbreak. The widespread upheaval at federal health agencies in the first month of the Trump administration ...
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Commentary: Should we be concerned about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas?
In this case, there is virtual silence from the CDC and local ... comprise a large part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, have the greatest number of reported tuberculosis cases, and both ...
World Health Organization warns of possible tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts
Health authorities say that the Trump administration’s gutting of USAID raises the risk of a global surge in tuberculosis ...
Funding cuts could harm global efforts to fight tuberculosis, WHO warns
The WHO warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts, especially from the United States, could harm humanitarian efforts ...