Jan 31, 2025 · The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health departments, have been responding to an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in the Kansas City, Kan. Metropolitan (KCK Metro) area since January 2024. As of Jan. 31, 2025, there are 67 confirmed cases of ...

Jan 29, 2025 · 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...

Jan 28, 2025 · 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. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does ...

Jan 28, 2025 · A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...

Kansas City Area TB Outbreak. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has been working with local health departments in response to a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak.

Jan 28, 2025 · 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....

Aug 22, 2024 · The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday confirmed a tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County, with more cases than the entire state recorded last year.

Jan 28, 2025 · The Kansas City area accounted for over 70% of Kansas’ 109 active tuberculosis cases in 2024. Out of those 109 cases statewide, people between the ages of 25 and 44 accounted for the...

Jan 28, 2025 · 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.

Jan 28, 2025 · 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 ...