Statement Regarding TB Outbreak in Kansas – Unified …
3 days ago · Beginning February 1, 2025, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, will transition all customer service inquiries for residential trash and recycling …
Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US …
2 days ago · 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 …
‘Remain calm’: Wyandotte County leaders urge caution amid TB …
2 days ago · 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 …
The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the …
2 days ago · As of Jan. 24, 67 people are being treated for active TB, most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said. Another 79 have latent TB. The state’s provisional 2024 count shows …
Kansas’ tuberculosis outbreak is now the largest in the U.S. since …
4 days ago · A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be the largest in the U.S. since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started tracking …
Kansas Is Dealing With Major Tuberculosis Outbreak
2 days ago · There were 60 cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. An additional 79 people in the two counties were carrying dormant tuberculosis, commonly …
Health officials facing 'unprecedented' tuberculosis outbreak in ...
4 days ago · WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) – State public health officials are calling an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in northeast Kansas “unprecedented.”
KDHE: Tuberculosis outbreak in KC-area is largest outbreak in US …
4 days ago · Currently, there are 67 people being treated for TB cases on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area — 60 in Wyandotte County and seven others in Johnson County. There are …
Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak Becomes Largest Ever in US
3 days ago · Active TB patients are typically non-contagious after 10 days of treatment. Wyandotte County has been the hardest hit, but health officials maintain that the general …
A Kansas tuberculosis outbreak has infected dozens of people in
Aug 22, 2024 · Health officials have confirmed almost 50 cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County, more than in all of Kansas last year. But the public risk remains low.