The KDHE reports, as of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County. "The current Kansas City ...

A photo of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department in Kansas City, Kansas ... or not bickering at the local and state level slowed TB response, it certainly made things harder.

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building ... 213 latent cases and two TB deaths on the Kansas side of the metro area last year. Goss told members of the Senate Public Health and ...

The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department is ... of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming one of the largest in recent ...

So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active ... and Prevention. Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB. Kansas health officials said ...

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.

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. A doctor examines the x-rays of a ...

State data shows 60 of the active cases are in Wyandotte County and seven are in Johnson County. Kansas Deputy Secretary for Public Health Ashley Goss first claimed that the state’s TB outbreak ...

Wyandotte County is currently facing the ... 213 latent cases and two TB deaths associated with the outbreak in the Kansas City area last year. Is there a vaccine available for tuberculosis?