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

Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 active cases ...

The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said.

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 ...

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

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

A spokesperson for the Wyandotte County Health Department referred questions to KDHE. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated nine million people get TB every year and 1.25 ...

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

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially ...

So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active cases in Johnson ... Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...