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Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas becomes largest in US

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Kansas is in the middle of an ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak. Here’s what to know

Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm. The airborne respiratory illness is usually transmitted during prolonged close contact with an infected person.

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Kansas Health Officials Are Battling An ‘Unprecedented’ Tuberculosis Outbreak

Health officials in Kansas say they are battling an “unprecedented” tuberculosis outbreak that’s infected at least 146 people in the state’s northeast.

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The Tuberculosis Outbreak in Kansas is Alarming. Here’s What the CDC Has to Say

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

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Kansas officials claimed TB outbreak was largest in U.S. history. CDC says that’s wrong

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...

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Kansas City Chiefs game drew lots of travelers. Should you be worried about tuberculosis?

However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clarified the Kansas outbreak isn’t the largest in modern history.

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Kansas health officials battle ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak

Most tuberculosis cases in Kansas have been in Wyandotte County in the northeast part of the state, according to the Kansas ...

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