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 ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has reported 67 active cases since 2024, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in ... However, the CDC has refuted this assertion, pointing ...
The current tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas ... (CDC) began monitoring TB cases in the U.S. in the 1950s. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 individuals, including 60 in Wyandotte County ...
Online data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) shows there are 60 active cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County and another seven cases reported in neighboring Johnson ...
So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active cases in Johnson County ... active TB disease and become sick, the CDC said. TB is spread through the air from ...
As of Friday, at least 67 patients were being treated for active tuberculosis in Kansas. All but seven of those cases were in Wyandotte County ... officially by the CDC near the end of March.” ...