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.
A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak centered in Wyandotte County.
More than 60 people were being treated in the Kansas City area as of Friday, according to the state health department.
A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially deadly respiratory disease during one of the largest outbreaks in the nation's history.
State and local public health officials in Kansas are responding to a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City area, where approximately 70 patients are being treated for active disease, according to a press release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE’s) Division of Public Health.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says Kansas is facing the largest documented tuberculosis outbreak in history. 27 News spoke to KDHE Communications Director Jill Bronaugh who said the agency is working with the Centers for Disease Control for guidance.
The Kansas City metro area is experiencing the largest outbreak in U.S. history, with low risk to the general public, Kansas health officials say.
An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," health officials said Monday.
Healthline also offers the following tips for preventing TB infections: Wash your hands often and cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing. Eat a nutritious diet and exercise regularly to keep your immune system strong.
The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens for drug-resistant TB. The trials are using two fairly new drugs— bedaquiline and delamanid. The medicines were first brought to the market in 2012 and 2013 and were the first new medications for TB in almost 50 years.
Two counties in the Kansas City area continue to grapple with what is now a yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis.