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

The disease can turn active even decades after the initial infection.

A tuberculosis outbreak has been reported at a posh San Francisco boarding school, prompting health officials to launch a “large scale” investigation. Three people associated with the boarding school ...

A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, area has officially been declared over. The outbreak, first detected in early 2024, resulted in 68 active cases, 91 latent infections, and two ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Nearly one in five students and staff at San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School have been diagnosed with latent or active tuberculosis, the latest development in an ...

TOPEKA – A tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, area is officially over after no new patients have been diagnosed with the disease since April. The outbreak began in early 2024, ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared an end to the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kan. The city ...