CDC warns large tuberculosis outbreaks doubled in US since mid-2010s

The CDC says the rise in large outbreaks signals persistent transmission among people facing social and economic instability.
Pulmonology Advisor

MMWR Highlights: US Averages 7 Large Tuberculosis Outbreaks Annually

Large tuberculosis outbreaks between 2017 and 2023 occurred at an average of 7 per year, often involving family and social ...
CIDRAP

Large TB outbreaks in the United States decline slightly in recent years, CDC reports

Large tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in the United States decreased slightly in recent years and disproportionately affected ...

Hundreds of kids spread world’s most contagious disease at $28K-a-year private school

A tuberculosis outbreak at a San Francisco Catholic high school has infected or exposed nearly one in five students and staff ...
AOL

TB outbreak hits posh SF private school — forcing events to be cancelled and calls for masks

A tuberculosis outbreak has struck a ritzy private Catholic school in San Francisco, where a least three people were confirmed to have active cases of the bacterial lung infection, according to ...
ksn.com

Health officials declare end of TB outbreak in Kansas city area

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — State health officials say “one of the largest” tuberculosis outbreaks in decades has ended in the Kansas City, Kansas, area. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

Nearly 1 in 5 at high school in SF affected by tuberculosis outbreak

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Nearly one in five students and staff at a Catholic high school in San Francisco had latent or active ...