A spokesperson for the Wyandotte County Health Department referred questions to KDHE. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated nine million people get TB every year and 1.25 ...

There are 79 confirmed latent TB cases, which include 77 in Wyandotte County and two in Johnson County. Cases related to the outbreak were first reported in January 2024. Last year, KDHE reported ...

Wyandotte County is currently facing the ... In comparison, Jill Bronaugh, a KDHE spokesperson, said the agency reported 79 ...

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.

An unprecedented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas ... of Health and Environment (KDHE) has reported 67 active cases since 2024, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County.

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. Jill Bronaugh, a KDHE spokesperson, told the ...

There have also been 79 confirmed latent TB ... KDHE assumed responsibility for the coordination and distribution of testing, treatment and medical consultation in Wyandotte County," the agency ...

So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active cases in Johnson County, according to data from the Kansas Department of Health ... known as TB, is caused by ...

Most of the cases have been in Wyandotte County, with a handful in Johnson County. Jill Bronaugh, a KDHE spokesperson, confirmed Goss's statement afterward. "The current KCK Metro TB outbreak is ...

The majority of cases were declared to have broken out in Wyandotte County and Johnson ... may cause hoarseness KDHE advised that local health departments were working with each TB patient to ...

According to the outbreak tracker website maintained by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, several dozen patients have been treated in Wyandotte County. State and local health ...