Kansas added three more cases this week for a total of 83 across 11 counties in the southwestern part of the state.

The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an important public health lesson.

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

KDHE also reported 67 active TB outbreak-related cases in the Kansas City metro area, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County. 2 Additionally, there have been 79 outbreak-associated ...

Since 2024, there also have been, in total, two latent cases in Johnson County and 77 latent cases in Wyandotte County, which sits at the Missouri border, USA TODAY reported.

A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area has sickened dozens of people and killed two. What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment. Jan. 30, 2025, 10:50 AM PST / Source: TODAY ...

Notably, in 2021, Kansas experienced an outbreak of multidrug-resistant TB that affected just over a dozen people. These infections are trickier to treat because the bacteria show resistance to ...

“The total case count of tuberculosis associated with the current outbreak in the Kansas City, Kan Metro area (Wyandotte and Johnson counties) from Jan. 2024 to present is 67, making it the ...

— In response to a tuberculosis outbreak, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE), the Wyandotte County Public Health Department, and the Kansas Department of Health and ...

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 of Health and Environment.

The outbreak includes 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. HealthDay News — Kansas health officials are ...

Kansas health officials reported that as of Jan. 24, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 ...