kansas tuberculosis outbreak

Northwest Texas measles outbreak grows to 159 cases

KC-area health officials share advice after deadly measles outbreak in Texas

Metro health departments say the outbreak has not reached the Kansas City area but say there are ways to stay safe just in case

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Northwest Texas measles outbreak grows to 159 cases as officials urge vaccinations

An outbreak of measles in northwest Texas grew to 159 cases on Tuesday, about a dozen more than health officials reported late last week. The latest update from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows the outbreak remains concentrated in school-aged children who have not received the vaccine that protects against measles,

The Washington Post · 20h

West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died

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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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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 of death in the world.

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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. Getty ...

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Is TB a concern for Tennesseans? What health officials say about 2025 outbreak

Kansas is dealing with the largest TB outbreak in modern U.S. history. Here's what to know about tuberculosis testing and cases in Tennessee in 2025.

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CDC firings, including in Kansas City, raise fears about disease outbreak response

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

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KDHE advises Kansas health care providers to be alert for measles symptoms

Kansas is "below the herd immunity threshold" for measles, as measured by KDHE's estimated MMR immunization rates for kindergarten students.

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KC tuberculosis outbreak could be much worse

Without government funding, research to fight tuberculosis would probably never have happened and countless lives would have ...

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After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

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Kansas Keeps Immigration Status Secret Despite TB Outbreak Threat

Jill Bronaugh, communications director at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told me by email: “The Kansas ...

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South Africa: Massive $200 Million TB Research Programme Derailed By U.S. Funding Cuts

Just over a month after US President Donald Trump implemented a 90-day freeze of all foreign assistance, the future looks very uncertain for tuberculosis research. Among others, a large TB research ...

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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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US funding freeze puts vital tuberculosis research at risk as global health crisis looms

One of the many projects that received termination letters is the Smart4TB programme. The project, coordinated by Johns ...

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