Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...
Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.
Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to state health officials.
According to CDC spokesperson Melissa Dibble ... of the active cases are in Wyandotte County and seven are in Johnson County. Kansas Deputy Secretary for Public Health Ashley Goss first claimed ...
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Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak One of Largest Ever in USAdditionally, 79 latent infections—77 in Wyandotte County and 2 in Johnson County—have ... us to help get a stop to that." Kansas health officials and the CDC are continuing their ...
Wyandotte County contains part of Kansas City and Johnson County is just southwest ... is among the largest in recent history, the CDC clarifies today that it is not the "largest," in a statement ...
Tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs, has long been considered rare in the U.S. Recently, the Kansas ... in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County ...
All but seven of those cases were in Wyandotte County, where Kansas City is, while the others were in neighboring Johnson County ... confirmed officially by the CDC near the end of March.” ...
So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active cases in Johnson County, according to data from the Kansas Department ... become sick, the CDC said.
There are also 79 confirmed latent TB cases — 77 in Wyandotte County and two in Johnson ... the CDC. This story was originally published by Sam Hartle and David Medina at Scripps News Kansas ...
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