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Kansas Is Battling the Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak Ever Recorded in the U.S.

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Kansas is in the midst of a large outbreak of tuberculosis in the state.

It's now the largest outbreak of the disease ever documented in the United States .

Dozens of active and latent TB cases have been linked to the outbreak dating back to last year .

TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads between people through the air.