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

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state ...

A tuberculosis outbreak started over a year ago in the Kansas City area, but it's now drawing national attention.

Roughly a quarter of the global population is estimated to have TB, but only about 5% to 10% of those develop symptoms. How big is the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas? As of Jan. 24, 67 people are ...

An unprecedented yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas has officials and residents concerned about lack of resources and additional cases that may occur under the radar.

"According to CDC, a TB outbreak is generally defined as a situation where there are more TB cases than expected within a geographic area or population during a particular time period, AND [there ...

"One of our biggest goals is to get this TB outbreak to an end," KDHE Deputy Secretary for Public Health Ashley Goss said Tuesday during an hour-long agency overview before the state's Senate ...