But a spokesperson for the CDC on Tuesday refuted that claim, noting at least two larger TB outbreaks in recent history. In one, the disease spread through Georgia homeless shelters. Public health ...

Without treatment, people with inactive TB can develop active TB disease and become sick, the CDC said. TB is spread through the air from one person to another. TB germs are put into the air when ...

But a spokesperson for the CDC on Tuesday refuted that claim, noting at least two larger TB outbreaks in recent history. In one, the disease spread through Georgia homeless shelters. Public health ...

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spreads through germs from people with active illness, CDC says. Often, the telltale sign of active tuberculosis is ...

This happens to about 10% of people with latent TB in the U.S. In total, the CDC estimates about 13 million people have latent TB nationwide. Treating inactive tuberculosis is important to prevent ...

But the CDC rebutted that characterization, pointing to a tuberculosis outbreak in Georgia homeless shelters from 2015 to 2017, in which more than 170 cases of active tuberculosis and over 400 ...

TB cannot be spread by shaking hands, sharing food or drinks or kissing, the CDC says, and people with inactive, or latent, tuberculosis cannot spread germs to other people, but it can become ...

The outbreak, which began in January 2024, has resulted in 67 confirmed active tuberculosis cases and 79 confirmed latent cases, with two deaths. The CDC is providing on-site assistance in Kansas ...

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 ...