The KDHE reports, as of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County. "The current Kansas City ...

In the beginning, CDC and KDHE staff were temporarily housed at the Wyandotte County Public Health Department. On Aug. 15, Caldwell sent an email to Lauren Swensson, the state’s TB controller ...

The Kansas Department of Health ... reporting TB cases in 1950. Currently, there are 67 people being treated for TB cases on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area — 60 in Wyandotte County ...

A photo of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department in ... When the outbreak reached a fever pitch last summer, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Centers for Disease ...

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department ... to the national health agency’s assertion, KDHE maintained the spate of Kansas TB infections is record-breaking — in a slightly more specific ...

Hopefully, we can get it wound down quickly." Most TB cases in Kansas have been in Wyandotte County, according to KDHE. The agency said there is a "very low risk to the general public, including ...

The Kansas Department of Health ... reporting TB cases in 1950. Currently, there are 67 people being treated for TB cases on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area — 60 in Wyandotte County ...

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 ...