Beyond bringing back diseases like measles and TB, defunding NIH will cost the United States its leading role in global ...

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Tuberculosis cases linked to an ongoing outbreak in the Kansas City area continue to climb. The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024.

According to Bronaugh, in 2024 there were 79 active and 213 latent outbreak and non-outbreak tuberculosis cases. In 2023, the CDC recorded 46 active tuberculosis cases in Kansas.

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Overall, the United States has seen almost 1,200 measles cases this year, threatening the elimination status the country has ...

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The southwest Kansas measles outbreak has affected nine counties. KDHE reports four counties are still active, but five have resolved.

Where are measles cases in Kansas? The southwest Kansas outbreak has cases spread across nine counties. Gray County — located between Dodge City and Garden City — has had the most cases at 25.