Three active tuberculosis cases reported in Maine as deadly disease continues to tick up across country

There are three progressing cases of tuberculosis in Maine as of this week as TB continues to increase across the country the Maine Center for Affection Control and Prevention shared according to the Portland Press Herald Lindsay Hammes spokesperson for the agency announced it is aware of three ongoing TB cases with links to the Greater Portland area and is in the midst of conducting our typical response She revealed the Maine CDC was working to reach anyone who might have come into contact with any of the infected patients so they can be tested Hammes added that each situation appears to be contracted from a separate source FIVE DEATHS INFORMED AMID BACTERIAL INFECTION OUTBREAK IN MAJOR CITYFox News Digital has reached out to the Maine CDC for comment While not as contagious as the flu or COVID- tuberculosis is the world s deadliest infectious syndrome killing more than one million people each year according to the World Wellness Organization A high school learner in Riverside County in California also tested positive for an advancing matter of TB this week executives revealed but is receiving cure and is excited to make a full recovery KTLA-TV published Last week another current matter was communicated at a high school in Michigan WWJ-TV released RARE TICK-BORNE VIRUS CAUSING NEUROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS DIAGNOSED IN NORTHEASTERN STATEAfter decades of decline tuberculosis cases began to tick up in following a large decline in the U S Centers for Ailment Control and Prevention shared in and the trend has continued since then In Maine the state CDC announced there have been cases of TB this year through the end of July according to the Herald but stressed there is no outbreak Not everyone infected with TB gets features but those with evolving cases can suffer from a persistent cough including coughing up blood or sputum chest pain fever and fatigue TB is a bacterial infection that targets the lungs but can also infect other organs and is spread from person to person through the air according to Johns Hopkins CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe malady is curable with antibiotics