YEAH, DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN GOING ON ABOUT A YEAR. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS 67 PEOPLE WITH ACTIVE TB IN WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTY. 60 IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND SEVEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...

Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases in Wyandotte ... Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according ...

Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas are facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to health officials. The outbreak, as reported in a statement by the ...

The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground.

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 ...

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

The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment ... told the Associated Press Tuesday that two other recent TB outbreaks involved more patients. An outbreak at homeless shelters in Georgia ...

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to state health officials.