A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...
The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground.
Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded ...
Kansas is currently experiencing a rare outbreak of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB is spread ...
A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially ...
The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health ...
Kansas faces a major TB outbreak with 67 active and 79 latent cases, primarily in Wyandotte County. The outbreak began in ...
A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...
Wyandotte County leaders are asking people to “remain calm” and remember that the risk of contracting TB is low for most people. According to the CDC, TB is a disease caused by germs that spread ...
The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas.
“While TB cases in Wyandotte and Johnson counties are getting attention, we want to assure our residents that what we’re ...
The United States is facing one of the largest recorded outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health officials and ...