Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm. The airborne respiratory illness is usually transmitted during prolonged close contact with an infected person.

A new plan to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Wyandotte County roadways is set to go into effect on the Kansas side of the metro.

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

Wyandotte County leaders are asking people to “remain calm” and remember that the risk of contracting TB is low for most people. According to the CDC, TB is a disease caused by germs that spread person-to-person through the air. It can happen while someone with active TB coughs, sings, or even speaks.

Kansas is experiencing record-high tuberculosis cases in two counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and a TB expert weigh in on the public risk.

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024. Health officials are raising the alarm over a large and ongoing tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas.

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday.

According to the KDHE, most of the tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in Wyandotte County on the border of Kansas and Missouri, with 60 "active cases" reported since 2024. Nearby Johnson County, also along the border of Missouri, has seen seven active cases since 2024, the notice said.

“Things like influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and those common cough and cold viruses they are still at fairly high levels in the United States. You are at significantly more at risk of getting one of those infections than you are tuberculosis,” Hawkinson said.

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An outbreak of the infectious lung disease TB in Kansas is one of the largest ever recorded in the US. As of January 24, Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas had reported 67 active cases of TB. The US outbreak began in 2024,