Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.
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.
Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
and mentioned it is an ongoing outbreak and more cases could be discovered. KDHE's TB tracker can be found here. WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. — Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas are facing the ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest documented TB outbreaks since the 1950s.
"Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is disputing Kansas public health officials’ claim that the Wyandotte County tuberculosis outbreak is the largest in recorded U.S. history.
Two people have died in connection to what public health officials are calling America's largest tuberculosis outbreak ... connected with the outbreaks in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties, occurred ...
Some 79 outbreak-associated latent infections, meaning TB was found but the person is not sick, have been reported since 2024, as well, the vast majority of which were also in Wyandotte County.
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.
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.