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 breakdown includes 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. TB is spread through the air from one person to another and is put into the air when a person with active TB disease of ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

YEAH, DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN GOING ON ABOUT A YEAR. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS 67 PEOPLE WITH ACTIVE TB IN WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTY. 60 IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND SEVEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

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 ...

Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases in Wyandotte ... Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according ...

Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 active cases since 2024, marking one of the largest outbreaks in recorded history of the ...