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.

No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial disease in the Kansas City metropolitan area has raised concerns about spread locally and ...

A deadly tuberculosis outbreak is spreading through Kansas City, leaving health officials racing to contain what could become one of the region’s most serious public health crises in recent ...

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.

What To Know About Kansas City Tuberculosis Outbreak Officials Called 'Unprecedented' In the last 12 months, 67 active cases of TB had been reported in the Kansas City, Kansas, area.

KDHE spokesperson Jill Bronaugh told The Kansas City Star that the department advised against the vaccine due to the "low risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), the ...

KANSAS CITY - A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S ...

Major tuberculosis outbreak hits Kansas City area. By Hannah Lang. January 29, 2025 9:43 PM UTC Updated January 30, 2025. A sample that tested positive for tuberculosis is seen from ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday.. The Kansas Department ...

Kansas is not the only state in the region dealing with tuberculosis. In Missouri, its neighbor to the east, 87 cases of the disease had been recorded from Jan. 1 through Tuesday, according to the ...

The tuberculosis vaccine is not required in Kansas for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, according to KDHE. People who are immunocompromised should also not receive the vaccine, the CDC ...

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has become the largest documented on record in the United States. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County ...