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Why increasing rates of tuberculosis in the UK and US should concern everyone

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl defeat. During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected. This comes on the back of increasing rates of TB in the US year on year…

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As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March 2025. To date, 147 people have been reportedly diagnosed with TB in the…

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COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough to eliminate a disease

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn’t require precaution. Nonetheless, COVID-19 continues to kill over 2,000 people per month globally and cause severe illness in…

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White House plans to bring back Title 42 to limit border crossings, report says

Trump administration could invoke public health order that smears asylum-seeking immigrants as possible disease carriers that could spread tuberculosis

The Independent UK

Why we're still fighting tuberculosis

Slashes in federal funding for disease surveillance could once more make old diseases formidable foes

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Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak Caused by 'Weakening of Our Public Health Infrastructure,' Expert Warns

Kansas is experiencing one of the largest TB outbreaks on record as experts warn of a growing public health crisis, worsened by legislation limiting response.

Latin Times

Kansas reckons with large tuberculosis outbreak as health officials hamstrung

Experts fear consequences of Trump’s restrictions on CDC as state sees one of largest outbreaks ever recorded in US

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North Carolina tuberculosis cases rising for first time in decades following one of the worst outbreaks in U.S. history

Cases of the world’s deadliest infectious disease have been increasing in the U.S. in recent years

The Independent UK

US health funding cuts: what Nigeria stands to lose

US president Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization is threatening funding for critical health programmes like HIV/Aids and tuberculosis in different parts of the world, including Nigeria.

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Kansas City TB Outbreak: Causes, Impact, And Treatment

Learn about the yearlong tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, raising concerns among health experts. Understand the symptoms, treatment, and globa...

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Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak That Killed Two, Sickened Dozens, Among Largest In U.S. History

As of Jan. 24, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 67 confirmed cases of active tuberculosis, along with 79 latent infections.

Medical Daily

Massive tuberculosis outbreak sickens dozens in Kansas

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024.

LiveScience

The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though, CDC says

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 say tuberculosis outbreak is largest on record in US history

Department of health reports ‘rapid number of cases in a short amount of time’ and says that there could be more

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Dynamite News

TB Elimination Programme: States, UTs to organise exclusive campaign

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) to organise a 100-day intensified campaign on tuberculosis (TB). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Reliance Hospital Study: Stigma of TB kills more women than men

H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital recently released a study on tuberculosis in women. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘Harder to breathe…no space to play indoors’: Delhi kids face a double chokehold each year

Working long hours at a poorly ventilated tyre repair shop in Delhi’s Shahdara, each breath feels like a battle for 13-year-old Rajesh. But he must go on. Because he has to support his family’s rising expenses, including the Rs 1,000 spent every month on his tuberculosis treatment.

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Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates

Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022

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The Independent UK

Health chiefs issue warning over tuberculosis as cases on the rise in the UK

Cases rose by 11 per cent in 2023, according to the UK Health Security Agency

The Times of India

One-fourth of deaths in Delhi mainly due to these two diseases: Govt report

A government report has shed light on the major causes of death in the national capital. As per the report, diseases of the respiratory system is one of the nine causes of deaths in Delhi NCR and is accountable for 10% of the deaths. Infectious and parasitic diseases like cholera,…

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TB in Africa: global report shows successes, but Nigeria and DRC remain important hotspots

The World Health Organization’s 2024 Global Tuberculosis report reveals a sobering reality. Formidable challenges remain in the fight against the world’s most infectious disease: persistent poverty in high burden countries; increased rates of infection among vulnerable populations; the inability to find and treat all missing cases; and funding shortfalls.

International Business Times

Tuberculosis Cases Hit Record High: WHO

A record 8.2 million new tuberculosis cases were diagnosed worldwide last year, the World Health Organization said -- the highest number since it began global TB monitoring in 1995.

Medical Daily

Over 8 Million New Cases Reported As Tuberculosis Resurges As Top Killer: WHO

Tuberculosis is making a resurgence, infecting an estimated 8.2 million people in 2023; the highest surge in new cases since 1995, a WHO report reveals.

The Independent UK

WHO says 2023 saw the highest number of tuberculosis cases on record

TB likely returned to being the world’s top infectious disease killer after being replaced by COVID-19

Newslaundry

How Goa is fighting TB among high-risk groups

Fifty-four-year old Suresh has been drinking alcohol since he was nine. He ran away from his house in Bengaluru and landed in Goa. He has been working in a bar ever since.

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