Jan 31, 2025 · There are 79 confirmed latent TB cases, including 77 in Wyandotte County and two (2) in Johnson County, associated with this outbreak. As reference, for Kansas, CDC reported 52 active TB cases in 2022 and 46 in 2023.

Jan 28, 2025 · As of Jan. 24, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Additionally, there are 79 confirmed latent TB cases, including 77 in Wyandotte County and two in Johnson County.

Jan 28, 2025 · The National Association of County and City Health Officials has been closely monitoring news about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, but concern remains that there is little information being ...

Jan 27, 2025 · A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be one of the largest in the U.S. since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started tracking the illness ...

Jan 28, 2025 · KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two people have died in connection to what public health officials are calling America's largest tuberculosis outbreak since monitoring began in the 1950s. Kansas Department ...

Jan 25, 2025 · A Kansas Department of Health and Environment official told a Kansas Senate committee Tuesday the agency continues to work to resolve an "unprecedented" tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County.

Aug 22, 2024 · The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday confirmed a tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County, with more cases than the entire state recorded last year.

Jan 27, 2025 · The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has reported 67 active cases since 2024, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County. Additionally, 79 latent infections—77 in...

Outbreak Associated Cases & Latent Infections. To date, most TB cases have been in Wyandotte County, with very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties.

Jan 27, 2025 · An outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas has become the largest recorded outbreak of the illness in the U.S., with nearly 70 active cases since last year. ... with 60 of them in Wyandotte County ...