Kansas tuberculosis outbreak now largest in US News

AProudLefty said:
Data on the outbreak from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) show that 67 active TB cases and 79 latent cases have been reported since the beginning of 2024 in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, which are part of the greater Kansas City area. Most of the cases have been in Wyandotte County. KDHE says it has been working with local health departments in response to the outbreak and is following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure patients are receiving proper treatment.

"The current Kansas City, Kan. Metro tuberculosis (TB) outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently (since the 1950’s, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started monitoring and reporting TB cases)," KDHE communications director Jill Bronaugh told CIDRAP News in an email. "This outbreak is still ongoing, which means that there could be more cases."

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Kansas health officials warn of ongoing TB outbreak

Sixty-seven active TB cases and 79 latent TB cases have been reported in 2 Kansas counties since the beginning of 2024.
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one has to wonder why this isn't news until now
 
Walt said:
American vaccination numbers are dropping below third world countries. It is bizarre to watch us give up our leadership of the world.
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What's a "third world" country, as opposed to a "first world" or a "second world" country?
 
AProudLefty said:
Data on the outbreak from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) show that 67 active TB cases and 79 latent cases have been reported since the beginning of 2024 in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, which are part of the greater Kansas City area. Most of the cases have been in Wyandotte County. KDHE says it has been working with local health departments in response to the outbreak and is following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure patients are receiving proper treatment.

"The current Kansas City, Kan. Metro tuberculosis (TB) outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently (since the 1950’s, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started monitoring and reporting TB cases)," KDHE communications director Jill Bronaugh told CIDRAP News in an email. "This outbreak is still ongoing, which means that there could be more cases."

www.cidrap.umn.edu

Kansas health officials warn of ongoing TB outbreak

Sixty-seven active TB cases and 79 latent TB cases have been reported in 2 Kansas counties since the beginning of 2024.
www.cidrap.umn.edu www.cidrap.umn.edu
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AProudLefty said:
Data on the outbreak from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) show that 67 active TB cases and 79 latent cases have been reported since the beginning of 2024 in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, which are part of the greater Kansas City area. Most of the cases have been in Wyandotte County. KDHE says it has been working with local health departments in response to the outbreak and is following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure patients are receiving proper treatment.

"The current Kansas City, Kan. Metro tuberculosis (TB) outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently (since the 1950’s, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started monitoring and reporting TB cases)," KDHE communications director Jill Bronaugh told CIDRAP News in an email. "This outbreak is still ongoing, which means that there could be more cases."

www.cidrap.umn.edu

Kansas health officials warn of ongoing TB outbreak

Sixty-seven active TB cases and 79 latent TB cases have been reported in 2 Kansas counties since the beginning of 2024.
www.cidrap.umn.edu www.cidrap.umn.edu
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Another reason you don't want RFK Jr. at the helm of HHS?!! Consumption was still common place in the 1950's and 1960's?!!

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Walt said:
Tuberculosis has always been in America, or at least has been here for 300+ years, so not brought here from other countries. There does seem to be some problems with tuberculosis spreading from the USA to Latin America.

While we have been doing a great job in general fighting tuberculosis, we are failing among rural, uneducated white men... Also known as trump voters.

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National Data

CDC shares key findings on national data of U.S. cases of tuberculosis disease reported in 2023.
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This is near 100% certain to have been caused by illegal immigration. The rise in TB cases in the US for years has been due to this single cause.

The impact of migration on tuberculosis in the United States - PMC

Due to greater exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection before migration, migrants moving to low-incidence settings can experience substantially higher tuberculosis (TB) rates than the native-born population. This review describes the impact ...
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Tuberculosis among Newly Arrived Immigrants and Refugees in the United States - PMC

U.S. health departments routinely conduct post-arrival evaluation of immigrants and refugees at risk for tuberculosis, but this important intervention has not been thoroughly studied. To assess outcomes of the post-arrival evaluation intervention. ...
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Disease Surveillance Among U.S.-Bound Immigrants and ...

This report summarizes health data reported to the Electronic Disease Notification system for refugees, immigrants, and eligible others who arrived in the United States during 2014–2019.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The impact of migration on tuberculosis in the United States - PubMed

Due to greater exposure to <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> infection before migration, migrants moving to low-incidence settings can experience substantially higher tuberculosis (TB) rates than the native-born population. This review describes the impact of migration on TB epidemiology in the...
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It's hardly alone. Polio, Measles, Leprosy, and Malaria cases are also on the rise due to illegal immigration.

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Leprosy, Polio, Malaria, TB, Measles … and massive unscreened illegal immigration

Successful public health campaigns and medical advances have enabled the United States to conquer a range of disfiguring and damaging diseases. Polio, which paralyzed thousands of Americans annually, was wiped
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While Measles alone of the ones listed above is contagious, the others represent an unnecessary strain on medical resources within the US.

Apologists for and supporters of, illegal immigration and open borders try to downplay the seriousness of this along with deflections about cause. They're simply wrong in their assessment. Mass migration across open borders, or illegally, is causing a rise in cases in nations that otherwise would have few or none of these diseases present.
 
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