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.
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 ...
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 ...
MPR

Fifty Large TB Outbreaks Identified in 23 States During 2017 to 2023

About one-quarter of large outbreak-related cases ID'd through contact tracing; they less often had clinical markers of highly infectious disease ...
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 ...
Neurology Advisor

Multiple Large Tuberculosis Outbreaks Identified in 23 States During 2017 to 2023

Between 2017 and 2023, around 50 significant tuberculosis outbreaks spread in at least 23 states according to the CDC.