From Breitbart: Three active cases of tuberculosis have popped up in Maine, following an increase of the disease in the United States since 2020 — most of it among those not born in the U.S. — after three decades of decline, national data reveals.
Lindsay Hammes, spokesperson for the Maine Center for Disease Control, told the Portland Press Herald that the agency was “aware of three active TB cases with links to the Greater Portland area and is in the midst of conducting our typical response.”
She added that the cases do not appear be transmitted between those three persons and each came from a separate source. Meanwhile, city and state officials told the newspaper rumors of an outbreak at the Portland shelter for asylum seekers are untrue.
However, data clearly shows that most of the TB cases in the United States are among those born elsewhere in the world.
Breitbart explains that the CDC report “does not directly link the U.S. TB increase to the massive influx of illegal boarder crossings during the years of the Biden administration.”
However, the CDC data clearly shows the majority of cases are among foreign-born. The article points directly to the CDC’s TB web page:
Consistent with previous years, in 2024, TB disease disproportionally affected non-U.S.-born persons. Among U.S.-born persons, there were 2,356 (23 percent) provisionally reported TB cases with a corresponding rate of 0.8 per 100,000 persons. Among non-U.S.-born persons, there were 7,915 (76 percent) provisionally reported TB cases with a corresponding rate of 15.5 per 100,000 persons.
Maine Wire reporter Steve Robinson wrote, “I reported back in May about a migrant shelter worker who was hospitalized with tuberculosis. Now a new memo is circulating among health care providers saying “there is a current TB outbreak” at the migrant shelter. News Center Maine was so eager to malign me they missed the story.”
I reported back in May about a migrant shelter worker who was hospitalized with tuberculosis. Now a new memo is circulating among health care providers saying “there is a current TB outbreak” at the migrant shelter.
News Center Maine was so eager to malign me they missed the… pic.twitter.com/QFf5MEtwz5
— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) September 6, 2025
TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAK IN MAINE COVER-UP:
This memo was sent out to primary care physicians in Maine, saying there’s a TB outbreak.
According to @newscentermaine, the City of Portland, MaineHealth, Maine Public Health Association, and the Maine CDC all deny that there is a TB… pic.twitter.com/3e2QeiX8dK
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) September 2, 2025
“We are aware of three active TB cases with links to the Greater Portland area and are in the midst of conducting our typical response.”
Maine health officials confirm three active tuberculosis cases, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, but stress there is no outbreak. pic.twitter.com/1GDEoRG3U4
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 6, 2025
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