CDC Says Tuberculosis Cases Reached Highest Point Since 2011 Last Year

The AP (3/21, Stobbe) reported that tuberculosis “continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.” More than 10,300 cases were reported in 2024, “an 8% increase from 2023 and the highest since 2011, according to preliminary data posted this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” CDC officials “say the rise is...mainly due to international travel and migration,” as the “vast majority of U.S. TB cases are diagnosed in people born in other countries.”