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

Early detection and treatment plans have helped limit further disease transmission in the US. However, we've seen numbers ...

from getting active TB in the lung,” Hawkinson says. This Tuberculosis Outbreak Is Unlikely to Spread While the cases in Kansas are concerning, they don’t pose a threat of spreading in the ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

Kalamazoo health officials are providing testing for close contacts of a person diagnosed with active tuberculosis.

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

TB of the lungs spreads through the air ... Without treatment, latent TB can lead to active TB. But latent TB is not contagious. If you think you may have come into contact with TB bacteria ...

Some people have active tuberculosis while others have ... that is in other parts of the body outside of the lungs. However, most TB cases in the United States are the type that infects the ...

Because it's a lung infection, one of the main warning ... it can develop into active TB later. Wash your hands regularly. Allow in natural light. UV light can kill TB bacteria.

As Kansas deals with one of the largest tuberculous outbreaks in the nation since the 1950s, Californians may be wondering ...