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.
Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the ...
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and the vaccine’s potential interference with tuberculin skin test reactivity,” Bronaugh said. The vaccine can cause a false positive on a TB skin test. The current vaccine is considered safe ...
Multidrug-resistant TB cases have also increased, prompting free testing and treatment. Uninsured people as well as those whose health insurance does not cover it, will receive free treatment ...
Cases related to the outbreak were first reported in January 2024, and there were two reported TB deaths last year associated with this outbreak, Jill Bronaugh, a spokesperson for the Kansas ...
So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...
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