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

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

There are a record-breaking 68 active cases of tuberculosis, according to a March 28 update from the Kansas Division of Public Health. Most of the cases (61) are in Wyandotte County, with the rest ...

THE PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT LEVEL IS LOW ... including a recent one in the Kansas City, Kansas area. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data. Alaska and Hawaii ...