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.

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 ...

5 days ago · What is the status of the outbreak happening in Kansas? There is an ongoing outbreak of tuberculosis in two counties in Kansas. As of January 31, 67 cases of active TB and two deaths had been counted across these two counties, making it one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in the United States in the past 30–40 years.

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 ...

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 a...

Jan 28, 2025 · Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

Jan 28, 2025 · Kansas is grappling with what state health officials say is one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks there since the 1950s, one that has infected dozens of people.

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.

The TB Program provides anti-tuberculosis medications to local health departments and medical providers for the treatment of TB disease. Additionally, preventive medications for individuals with TB infection are provided to local health departments or other medical providers.

Aug 31, 2023 · An outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) involved 13 persons in four households in a low-income, under-resourced urban Kansas community during November 2021–November 2022.