World’s deadliest disease spreads thousands of miles from Maine outbreak in chilling update | 8 Sept 2025 | A case of the deadly lung disease tuberculosis has been detected in a public high school days after officials announced there were multiple cases in a New England state. An active case of tuberculosis (TB) was reported in someone at Leesville High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, just weeks into the new school year. About 2,500 students attend the school in grades nine through 12. Officials in Wake County, the county in which the school is located, said the person, who was not publicly identified, was present at the school sometime last week.