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Kansas City Tuberculosis Outbreak

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Tuberculosis was once a disease in decline, but a resurgence in cases has health officials puzzled

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An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB , began in January 2024 in Kansas City , Kansas , and two nearby counties and continues as of early March 2025 .

To date, 147 people have been diagnosed with TB in the outbreak, with 67 becoming ill.

TB is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic.

Multidrug treatment is currently the only way to cure TB and stop its spread.

The most popular treatment involved isolated sanatoriums in high-altitude areas such as the Adirondacks and the Rocky Mountains .

People should be aware that TB is still a public health problem across the globe.

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