Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to state health officials.

The breakdown includes 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. TB is spread through the air from one person to another and is put into the air when a person with active TB disease of ...

The state ultimately took over the TB response as outbreak-related numbers ballooned to 67 active cases, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. Caldwell said he would not ...

Health reports from Jan. 24, 2025 show67 people are sick with active TB cases: 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. An additional 79 people in the two counties are sick with latent ...

Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases in Wyandotte ... Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according ...

Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 active cases since 2024, marking one of the largest outbreaks in recorded history of the ...