Kansas health officials reported that as of Jan. 24, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County.

Emails obtained by the Kansas News Service show there was a lot of tension between Wyandotte County Public Health Department’s then director, Elisha Caldwell, and state health officials during ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

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.

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.

TB outbreak: Kansas health officials report 67 cases since 2024. Saleen Martin. ... Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases in Wyandotte County, ...

Some 79 outbreak-associated latent infections, meaning TB was found but the person is not sick, have been reported since 2024, as well, the vast majority of which were also in Wyandotte County.

Wyandotte County is currently facing the largest outbreak of tuberculosis in United States, state officials say. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 67 active infections of the ...

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas. Emily Curiel [email protected] Reality Check is a Star series ...

K ANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, ...