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.

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. "The current Kansas City ...

Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases ... Control and Prevention. Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB. Kansas health officials said ...

Since January 2024, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed 67 active TB cases involved in this outbreak, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in neighboring Johnson ...

Kansas has reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven active cases in Johnson County ... deaths and 7,415 individuals exposed to TB, and public health departments treated over ...

The Kansas Department of Health and ... There have also been 79 confirmed latent TB cases. The cases have been in Wyandotte and Johnson counties. Two deaths have been connected to the outbreak.

HealthDay News — Kansas health officials are tackling the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in US ... 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, according to the Kansas ...

Photo by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kansas is currently ... people are sick with active TB cases: 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. An additional 79 people ...

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KDHE also reported 67 active TB outbreak-related cases in the Kansas City metro area, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County. 2 Additionally, there have been 79 outbreak-associated ...