California reports 12-year high in tuberculosis cases for 2025
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Updated · The Daily Gazette · May 7
California reports 12-year high in tuberculosis cases for 2025
10 articles · Updated · The Daily Gazette · May 7
The state recorded 2,150 cases, or 5.5 per 100,000 people, versus a US average of three per 100,000, according to CDC provisional data released in March.
California health officials said TB rates among people born outside the US were 12 times higher than among US-born residents, with the highest case rates linked to several countries in Asia and Mexico.
TB usually attacks the lungs and spreads through the air; treatment typically lasts four to nine months, and untreated latent infections can later become active disease.
In an era of advanced medicine, why is a curable disease of the past hitting a 12-year high in California?
How can California contain an airborne disease when many infected individuals show no symptoms at all?