Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

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.

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 ...

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...

The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground.

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.

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas are facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to health officials. The outbreak, as reported in a statement by the ...

So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active ... and Prevention. Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB. Kansas health officials said ...

Common symptoms of active TB include coughing ... In September, Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, commissioners approved a $1 million plan to use leftover COVID ...