The response from Johnson County comes days after Kansas officials said there is a low risk to the public of contracting tuberculosis. But according to online data, as of Friday, Jan. 24, there ...

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.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Health officials in Johnson County provided an update Wednesday on tuberculosis cases connected to an ongoing outbreak that started in March 2024.

Bronaugh said as of Jan. 24, 67 people (60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County) were being treated for active tuberculosis. She said cases associated with this outbreak were first ...

As of Jan. 24, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak ... There are also 79 confirmed latent TB cases — 77 in Wyandotte County and two in Johnson County.

The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground. U.S. World; ... with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County.

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, 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 ...

There are an additional seven confirmed cases this year in neighboring Johnson County. Health officials have confirmed almost 50 cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County, more than in all of ...

According to Greiner, starting in 2021, there was a small cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte County. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health ...

K ANSAS CITY, Mo. — In response to a tuberculosis outbreak, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE), ...