A Washington State Department of Health release from Thursday shared that state and local health officials are on "heightened alert" due to the current rise in TB cases. While TB cases in ...

In fact, according to a Washington State Department of Health announcement on April 28, the state has been having its largest TB outbreak in the last 20 years. Last year’s TB total represented a ...

At least 17 cases in Washington and throughout correctional facilities in the state are connected. Coughs and sneezes from a person infected with TB can spread the disease through the air, similar ...

Across the globe and across Washington state, tuberculosis (TB) cases are on the rise, according to the Department of Health. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, TB reporting ...

The two cases of multidrug-resistant TB in Washington are currently being treated and are doing well, Field said. But treatment is expensive — the total cost per patient nearly $100,000, she said.

Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1900, TB — which ...

Washington State law requires health care providers to report all active cases of TB to a local health department. There are about 20 active cases in Pierce County each year, according to the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is on heightened alert not just for COVID-19 but also for tuberculosis as cases rise in the state as well as globally.