Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public ...

There were nine active cases in Vanderburgh County as of Thursday, fewer than five of which involve children, according to ...

Getty Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children. In a 103-15 vote on March 20, the Kansas House of ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis is a "near-perfect predator," John Green said in his book "Everything is Tuberculosis." The bacterial infection, ...

Globally, cases of tuberculosis have been on the rise and efforts to control it are hampered by funding shortages, according to the WHO.

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the ...

Now, as Kansas grapples with a major tuberculosis outbreak and rising measles cases, a new law is further restricting health authorities’ ability to impose orders that can slow the spread of ...