Without the CDC, NIH, and local health departments, the Kansas City area tuberculosis outbreak could have been much worse.

After the CDC said the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest in documented history, KDHE clarified they meant the largest in a single year.

The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said.

Kansas is currently experiencing a large tuberculosis outbreak, but federal health officials are countering the claim it’s a U.S. record.

Tuberculosis cases linked to an ongoing outbreak in the Kansas City area continue to climb. The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024.

Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is countering a claim by Kansas health officials that an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the state has become the largest in recorded U.S. history.

Tuberculosis cases linked to an ongoing outbreak in the Kansas City area continue to climb. The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024.