Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one the of largest in U.S.

The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) says all TB patients in the county have completed treatment ...

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak ...

Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases in Wyandotte County ... 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 ...

“While TB cases in Wyandotte and Johnson counties are getting attention, we want to assure our residents that what we’re ...

Kansas faces a major TB outbreak with 67 active and 79 latent cases, primarily in Wyandotte County. The outbreak began in ...

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 ...

Although there's an outbreak of tuberculosis recorded in another part of the state, Saline County is not concerned with the disease locally.

Since January 2024, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed 67 active TB cases involved in this ...