Tuberculosis outbreak at Long Beach hotel to lead to public health emergency There have been 14 confirmed cases of the disease since Monday, April 29, with another 170 people potentially infected.

The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an important public health lesson.

In a state Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare meeting, Ashley Goss, ... said this is the largest tuberculosis outbreak documented in the U.S. since the ’50s.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment clarifies that the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is the largest in the US over a one-year period, not the largest ever recorded. The ...

Outbreaks in Baffin Island communities of Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet considered over but surveillance will continue, top ...

Beyond bringing back diseases like measles and TB, defunding NIH will cost the United States its leading role in global health research.

The proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services slashes CDC and NIH funding in favor of the new Administration for a Healthy America.

Texas officials have notified local public health departments to brace for another $119 million in federal cuts at the end of the month that could impact the state’s disease detection and prevention ...