A large, ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has sickened at least 67 and caused two deaths. What to know about TB symptoms, transmission, and treatment.

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.

The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has said the risk to the general public in surrounding counties remains “very low.”

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.

You don’t need to have the vaccine to attend colleges in Kansas, but some do require you to get tested for tuberculosis before enrolling and going to classes on campus, like at the University of Kansas.

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially deadly respiratory disease during one of the largest outbreaks in the nation's history.

The outbreak started last January. Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find more cases.

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.

Wyandotte County has been the hardest hit ... and lend resources to us to help get a stop to that." Kansas health officials and the CDC are continuing their collaborative response to the outbreak.

Wyandotte County leaders are asking people to “remain calm” and remember that the risk of contracting TB is low for most people. According to the CDC, TB is a disease caused by germs that spread person-to-person through the air. It can happen while someone with active TB coughs, sings, or even speaks.