The ongoing outbreak poses a low risk to the public, but it signals cracks in our public health infrastructure.

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb ... and prevents resource wastage. The latent infection is identified as having a normal chest radiograph without the clinical signs and symptoms of ...

Health officials confirmed a person at a West Michigan high school was diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). On Jan. 31, 2025, the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department notified ...

Kalamazoo health officials are providing testing for close contacts of a person diagnosed with active tuberculosis.

Latent TB is also possible: when a person has the infection but ... Student Health has on-campus tuberculosis testing, as well as on-site chest X-ray services. Additional information about TB ...

Introduction Urban homeless populations in the UK have been shown to have high rates of active tuberculosis, but less is known about the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection ... tuberculosis ...

San Diego County public health officials were working Friday to notify students, employees and contractors at Palomar High School in San Diego's South Bay of a possible tuberculosis exposure during ...

Health officials are investigating after a case of tuberculosis was confirmed at a high school near Kalamazoo. A person at Kalamazoo Central High School was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis ...

Times of San Diego will send you the top local and state news at 8 a.m., 365 days a year. Sign up Microscopic view of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis — commonly called TB. (Photo courtesy ...

Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the ...

So far, 67 "active" TB infections and 79 "latent," or "inactive" infections ... the lungs causes cough (including coughing up blood), chest pain, weakness, weight loss and fever, for example.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported on Jan. 24 that Kansas health officials documented 66 active cases and 79 latent ... TB or active TB disease. These might include a chest x-ray and a test ...