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Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas becomes largest in US

Kansas City Star on MSN · 13h

Kansas is in the middle of an ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak. Here’s what to know

Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm. The airborne respiratory illness is usually transmitted during prolonged close contact with an infected person.

HuffPost on MSN · 2d

Kansas Health Officials Are Battling An ‘Unprecedented’ Tuberculosis Outbreak

Health officials in Kansas say they are battling an “unprecedented” tuberculosis outbreak that’s infected at least 146 people in the state’s northeast.

KAKE.com · 10h

Kansas’ tuberculosis outbreak is one of the largest in the U.S. since the 1950s

In a state Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare meeting, Ashley Goss, a deputy secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, told committee members the outbreak is

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Kansas officials claimed TB outbreak was largest in U.S. history. CDC says that’s wrong

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...

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The Tuberculosis Outbreak in Kansas is Alarming. Here’s What the CDC Has to Say

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

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