The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health ...
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.
While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...
Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest ...
Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they’ve ever had in history’ said a Kansas Department of Health and ...
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) says all TB patients in the county have completed treatment ...
“While TB cases in Wyandotte and Johnson counties are getting attention, we want to assure our residents that what we’re ...
A spokesperson for the Wyandotte County Health Department referred questions to KDHE. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated nine million people get TB every year and 1.25 ...
Kansas faces a major TB outbreak with 67 active and 79 latent cases, primarily in Wyandotte County. The outbreak began in ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest documented TB outbreaks since the 1950s.