No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial infection in the Kansas City metropolitan area has raised concerns about spread locally and nationally.

There is a vaccine aimed at preventing TB called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), but it’s not commonly used in the U.S., according to the CDC. However, many people born outside the U.S. have gotten the vaccine.

Tuberculosis spreads through germs released when a person with TB in their lungs coughs, speaks or sings. These bacteria can stay in the air for prolonged periods of time and are more likely to spread to other people indoors and in poorly-ventilated spaces.

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens for drug-resistant TB. The trials are using two fairly new drugs— bedaquiline and delamanid. The medicines were first brought to the market in 2012 and 2013 and were the first new medications for TB in almost 50 years.

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024. Health officials are raising the alarm over a large and ongoing tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas.

State health officials said that dozens of people in the Kansas City, Kan., area have the disease, which has drawn a federal response.

Scientists have discovered three powerful new drug regimens that offer more effective treatment for tuberculosis—bringing fresh hope to millions worldwide.

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) has suffered a major setback due to a new policy by the United States, with over 1,000 employees reportedly receiving termination letters.

Health officials in Columbia and Boone County are closely monitoring the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, which state officials have described as one of the largest in recorded U.S. history. However, local officials say there is no immediate cause for concern across mid-Missouri.

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