Tuberculosis was responsible for 25% of all deaths in Europe from the 1600s to 1800s, according to the CDC. Hawkinson said treatment for a serious tuberculosis case usually lasts about six months.

Currently, Kansas is facing one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history. As of Jan. 24, 67 cases of active tuberculosis related to the outbreak have been confirmed by the Kansas ...

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 ...

The largest tuberculosis outbreak in the U.S. occurred from 2015 through 2017 at a homeless shelter in Georgia, which was responsible for more than 170 active cases and more than 400 latent cases ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing a new drug against tuberculosis (TB), one of the oldest human infectious diseases, which is now threatening to reach epidemic proportions ...

An outbreak of the lung disease, which has been traced to an unnamed hotel, ... Tuberculosis Outbreak in Long Beach, Calif., Has Left 1 Dead, 9 Hospitalized and 170 People Exposed.

Threat of Tuberculosis: It's sobering to realize that the ancient scourge, tuberculosis , which has been found in 2,000-year-old mummies, remains a global health threat despite modern medicine.

A tuberculosis outbreak at a Madagascar zoo has killed critically endangered primates, including species of lemurs never known to have had the disease. The zoo, which houses several hundred ...

In September 2023, a CDC report revealed that an outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB had driven up cases from 2019–2021 when recorded cases were between 37– 43 – a number that increased ...

In late January 2025, news outlets reported on an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in the Kansas City, Kansas, area. According to several of these reports, and posts sharing the news on social media ...

Tuberculosis was responsible for 25% of all deaths in Europe from the 1600s to the 1800s, according to the CDC. Hawkinson said treatment for a serious tuberculosis case usually lasts about six months.