Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one the of largest in U.S.

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...

Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded ...

The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said.

As of Jan. 24, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, ...

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest documented TB outbreaks since the 1950s.

The current tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City metro area is the largest documented ... As of Jan. 24, 2025, there ...

Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 active cases ...

Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they’ve ever had in history’ said a Kansas Department of Health and Environment official ...

Common symptoms of active TB include coughing ... In September, Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, commissioners approved a $1 million plan to use leftover COVID ...