Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm. The airborne respiratory illness is usually transmitted during prolonged close contact with an infected person.

However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clarified the Kansas outbreak isn’t the largest in modern history. Outbreaks between 2015 and 2017, in Georgia homeless shelters, and a 2021 nationwide outbreak resulting from patients infected from contaminated bone grafts have been larger, the federal agency said in an email.

A storm is expected later this week, but instead of snow, the Kansas City area will experience rain due to the arrival of warmer temperatures, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City. The warmer temperatures will also keep the metro from experiencing a rare event.

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It was another close call, but this was more subjective. The Chiefs had fourth-and-16 trailing 25-23 late in the game, and on their last chance Patrick Mahomes threw deep. Bengals rookie safety Daijahn Anthony was called for pass interference. Kansas City kicked a field goal to win the game after that.

Kansas is experiencing record-high tuberculosis cases in two counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and a TB expert weigh in on the public risk.