The Kansas Department of Health and Environment clarifies that the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is the largest in the US over a one-year period, not the largest ever recorded.

A tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte and Johnson counties killed 2 in 2024, KDHE said. What this volunteer has found in charred wreckage of LA fires Can you name the oldest city in the US? And no ...

KSHB Kansas City, MO. KDHE: Tuberculosis outbreak in KC-area is largest outbreak in US history. Posted: January 28, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 ...

TB is an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs, according to KDHE. It is caused by bacteria that spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak or sing.

KDHE: Tuberculosis outbreak in KC-area is largest outbreak in US history. Hawkinson said tuberculosis is not as easy to contract as other contagious diseases, such as COVID.

TB is an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs and is caused by a type of bacteria. It spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak, or sing, KDHE said.

As of Jan. 24, at least 67 people are being treated for active TB related to the Kansas outbreak, Jill Bronaugh, communications director of the KDHE, said in an update on Jan 29. Additionally, the ...

KDHE advised that local health departments were working with each TB patient to identify possible close contacts who may also have contracted the disease. They are conducting TB testing at no cost.

The KDHE reports, as of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County.

An unprecedented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas has reached historic levels, becoming one of the largest ever recorded in U.S. history.. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE ...

Jill Bronaugh, a KDHE spokesperson, confirmed Goss's statement afterward. "The current KCK Metro TB outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently," Bronaugh said in a ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County and the KC-metro area is “unprecedented.” ...