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An Ancient Disease Has Reappeared in The US. This Could Be Why.


An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March 2025.

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