Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

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Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years This 2006 electron microscope image shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria ...

or someone hit the wrong button This 2006 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which causes the disease ...

Alaska and Hawaii continue to have the highest case rates. Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually attack the lungs, and is spread through the air when an infectious person coughs or sneezes.