According to the latest data from the Kansas Department of Health, so far this year there have been a total of 9 active tuberculosis cases and 48 latent cases in the state.

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...

could come sooner than expected.The proposed location, near the Kansas Speedway off Village West Parkway, took a step forward after the Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kan., Unified Government's ...

Globally, tuberculosis is responsible for the most ... A persistent outbreak in Kansas has led to 68 active cases since January 2024. “What happens when we travel overseas?

MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire health officials are alerting the public after a person tested positive for tuberculosis in Manchester. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS ...

Share your story idea with Rachel. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas unveiled another portion of its Vision Zero plan to reduce deadly traffic crashes. The latest ...

Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just last month, two new bills were proposed that would effectively eliminate ...

Historically, health outcomes in Wyandotte County have ranked well below ... A similar resurgence is now being observed with tuberculosis in Kansas. It comes at a time when: Rural hospitals ...