1 day ago · A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does ...

2 days ago · The Kansas City area accounted for over 70% of Kansas’ 109 active tuberculosis cases in 2024. Out of those 109 cases statewide, people between the ages of 25 and 44 accounted for the most cases.

1 day ago · A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state ...

1 day ago · Kansas is not the only state in the region dealing with tuberculosis. In Missouri, its neighbor to the east, 87 cases of the disease had been recorded from Jan. 1 through Tuesday, according to the ...

1 day ago · A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...

1 day ago · The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ...

3 days ago · A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be the largest in the U.S. since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started tracking the illness in the ...

3 days ago · An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

2 days ago · Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kansas City Area TB Outbreak. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has been working with local health departments in response to a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak.