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The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though, CDC says

Jan. 28, 2025 19:50 PM EST

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week. “We would expect to see a handful of cases every...

Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen next

Jan. 21, 2025 13:26 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years — a move many scientists fear...