State public health officials are adding more nuance on a previous claim about an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area. Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

Kansas is experiencing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in U.S. history, as experts warn of a growing ...

A tuberculosis outbreak that started ... the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished by news media at no ...

While cases of TB have been on the rise, Kansas health officials said the threat to the general public remains “very low.” . According to the CDC, anyone can contract tuberculosis, but those ...

Now, as Kansas grapples with a major tuberculosis outbreak ... before issuing health directives. Local health authorities currently empowered to limit public gatherings by order will only be ...

Just as everyone living in the greater Kansas City area and beyond benefits from TB programming through local health departments, we’re also all better off when public health officials have the ...

Public health experts emphasize the importance ... from the COVID-19 pandemic that can be applied to managing the Kansas City TB outbreak. He emphasized the importance of balanced communication ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis symptoms tend to persist for months. They include bloody coughing, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Hawkinson says she trusts Kansas' public health response to this outbreak.

As Kansas is in the midst of an unprecedented tuberculosis outbreak, state lawmakers are considering eliminating the quarantine power of public health officials. The Senate health committee last ...

Health officials have said the risk to the public is low from the current tuberculosis, or TB, outbreak among dozens of people in eastern Kansas. However, most people should worry about ...