Kansas City has been at the center of an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, bringing the disease back into the spotlight. Around 67 active cases have been confirmed since the start of 2025, and nearly 400 ...

This story has been updated to clarify some CDC statistics. An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in the state's history, and while the risk of contracting the bacterial ...

So, even once the bacteria are vanquished, a person most likely will continue to test positive, as the immune system will still bear the hallmarks of the response that rid the body of TB. And that ...