2 days ago · The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) has been collaborating with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Wyandotte County Public Health Department on a tuberculosis outbreak since March 2024.

1 day ago · KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In response to a tuberculosis outbreak, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE), the Wyandotte County Public Health Department, and the Kansas ...

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

2 days ago · 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. history as a state health official claimed last week.

3 days ago · Kansas health officials are responding to a tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metro area, with more than 60 reported cases across two counties, a notice from the Kansas Department of Health ...

3 days ago · Where is the outbreak in Kansas? The Kansas health department recorded 109 active cases of tuberculosis statewide in 2024. In 2023, the CDC recorded 46 active cases in Kansas, Bronaugh said. Bronaugh said the state recorded 79 active and 213 latent outbreak- and non-outbreak-related tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte and Johnson counties last year.

3 days ago · Kansas health officials said Wyandotte and Johnson counties are experiencing one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in the United States. How much danger is there for Kansas City area residents?

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4 days ago · An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday.