But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...

Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet.

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From: ...

No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial disease in the Kansas City metropolitan area has raised concerns about spread locally and ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state ...

As of Jan. 24, 67 active cases of tuberculosis, or TB, had been reported in Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas. The outbreak began last year, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ...

THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW AT CNBC.COM. RIGHT NOW, KANSAS IS FACING ONE OF THE LARGEST TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAKS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WITH CASES CONFIRMED IN WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.

By Neil Vigdor Kansas is grappling with what state health officials say is one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks there since the 1950s, one that has infected dozens of people. The epicenter of ...

In late January 2025, news outlets reported on an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in the Kansas City, Kansas, area. According to several of these reports, and posts sharing the news on social media ...

The outbreak started last January. Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find more cases. This story has been updated to reflect that this is one of ...