Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.
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 ...
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.
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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 ... In a statement to ABC News, a CDC spokesperson said the outbreak is among the largest in U.S. history ...
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.
As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County (60) and Johnson County (7) since January 2024, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).
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 ...
As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County (60) and Johnson County ... In comparison, the CDC recorded 46 active TB cases in Kansas in 2023.
The Kansas Department of ... The cases have been in Wyandotte and Johnson counties. Two deaths have been connected to the outbreak. The 2015-17 outbreak cited by the CDC was linked to homeless ...
State and local public health officials in Kansas are responding to a tuberculosis ... from the current outbreak are being treated in Johnson County. Cases related to the outbreak were first ...
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