Tuberculosis takes close, repeated contact to contract. When the cases started to spike last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kansas Department of Health and ...

The Kansas City TB outbreak has 67 active cases, with 35 cured and 30 under treatment, and two deaths reported. TB cases have risen nationally and globally, with the US reporting the highest ...

the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has been responding to an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak that began in January 2024. Data derived from the Kansas Department of Health and ...

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 ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment clarifies that the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is the largest in the US over a one-year period, not the largest ever recorded.

On Monday, Jan. 27, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the tuberculosis outbreak is still ongoing and "there could be more cases" as it grows. Tuberculosis, also known as TB ...

On Monday, Jan. 27, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the tuberculosis outbreak is still ongoing and "there could be more cases" as it grows. Tuberculosis, also known as TB ...

or TB, had been reported in Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas. The outbreak began last year, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said on its website. It did not specify a source ...

having many wondering if there is a vaccine for TB in the U.S. The outbreak was first identified in January 2024 and has been linked to two deaths, according to the Kansas Department of Health and ...

which causes TB, is transmitted through airborne aerosol particles. Jill Bronaugh, spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), told the media, “TB is an infectious ...

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas. Emily Curiel [email protected] Reality Check is a Star series ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) says Kansas is facing the largest documented tuberculosis outbreak in American history. Nexstar’s KSNT spoke to KDHE Communications ...