According to Greiner, starting in 2021, there was a small cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte County. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health ...

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.

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

Kansas health officials reported that as of Jan. 24, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County.

As diagnosed tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte County this year have eclipsed those seen across all of Kansas in 2023, local public health officials are putting forward a roughly $1 million plan to ...

Wyandotte County is currently facing the largest outbreak of tuberculosis in United States, state officials say. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 67 active infections of the ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said as of Friday there had been 67 “outbreak associated active cases” reported since 2024, with 60 of them in Wyandotte County—which ...

(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department is no longer with the agency, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. It comes after turmoil during the handling of ...

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. In response to ...

In Kansas, 75 people have been treated in 2024 for tuberculosis and two have died. Officials say the disease requires consistent contact to spread. What tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County ...