In July 2012, district courts had more than 63,000 active cases.

"Being an open but not active case, we respond to every report or lead," she tells me.

The disease is only transmitted by people with active cases.

But he was what you could call between active cases at the moment.

Among the 42 active cases were one prison guard and two health care workers.

That amounts to one million active cases during this period, a growth of 300% in the past five years, he says.

One student with an active case has lost part of her lung.

The girl had infected 11 other students with active cases of the disease.

It's an active case, and I keep waiting for the right phone call.

Not about the situation in Houston, since it's an active legal case.