Alaska’s tuberculosis rate remains elevated, preliminary figures show

Alaska’s rates of tuberculosis inched up in the past year, continuing the state’s long pattern of having the nation’s highest or nearly highest rates of this respiratory disease, according to preliminary figures. The rate of tuberculosis in 2024 was 12.8 per 100,000 people, up from the 2023 rate of 10.5 per 100,000, according to preliminary […]…

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