In part 2 of this interview, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, highlights the need for prolonged antibiotics and strong public health measures to combat tuberculosis (TB) at both the individual and population ...

In Kansas, USA, public health workers are battling one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history. As of Jan 31, 67 patients in the Kansas City metropolitan area had active infections and 79 ...

Elisha Caldwell had been head of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.

Michael A. Bernstein, MD, Stamford Health, addresses common misconceptions about tuberculosis amid the outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas.

But without treatment at this stage, it can develop into active tuberculosis, with symptoms such as a cough that lasts more ...

Kansas public health officials have ordered quarantines during the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, but lawmakers are ...

However, most people get infected with TB don’t get sick, according to NCDHSS. That’s because their bodies can fight the ...

The Board of Ellis County Commissioners is pleased to announce Melissa Miller has been hired as the new director of the Ellis County Health Department. Miller brings twelve years of public health ...

As Kansas deals with the largest Tuberculosis outbreak in the U.S. in decades, concerns are rising in neighboring Oklahoma.

An outbreak of tuberculosis has been lingering in Kansas City, Kansas, since March 2024. But what used to be fewer than 50 ...