The TB (PPD) skin test will be provided for free by the DPHSS TB Control Program in coordination with the GDOE health counselors from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 18 with the PPD reading from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb.

"If you do not complete the required TB skin test by January 31, 2025, you will be excluded from attending the Tiyan High School," Arriola wrote. "This exclusion is necessary to ensure that all ...

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People who test positive will be further screened to determine whether they have active TB disease or a latent TB infection, “which will help determine the best treatment,” according to the ...

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has become the largest documented on record in the United States. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County ...

So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...

Wyandotte County is currently facing the largest outbreak of tuberculosis in United States, state officials say. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 67 active infections of the ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas has become the largest recorded outbreak of the illness in the U.S., with nearly 70 active cases since last year. A doctor examines the x-rays of a ...

Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the ...

Languages: English. An unprecedented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas has reached historic levels, becoming one of the largest ever recorded in U.S. history. The Kansas Department of Health ...

has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to its CRISPR-Tuberculosis (TB) Blood Test. This test is the first qualitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to combine CRISPR technology, ...