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

Wyandotte County leaders are asking people to “remain calm” and remember that the risk of contracting TB is low for most people. According to the CDC, TB is a disease caused by germs that spread ...

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.

State health officials said that dozens of people in the Kansas City, Kan., area have the disease, which has drawn a federal ...

there are 67 people being treated for TB cases on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area — 60 in Wyandotte County and seven others in Johnson County. There are also 79 confirmed latent TB cases ...

Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials.

Kansas, has become the largest documented on record in the United States. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County (60) and Johnson County (7) since ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan ... The breakdown includes 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. There are 79 confirmed latent TB cases, which include 77 in Wyandotte County and two in Johnson ...

Kansas health officials are dealing with one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US History ...