Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.
Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
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 major tuberculosis ...
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.
WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. — Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas are facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to health officials. The outbreak, as reported ...
Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...
In addition, the KDHE reports 79 cases of latent TB (77 in Wyandotte County; two in Johnson County), which means a person is infected with the tuberculosis bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
Tuberculosis is a bacteria that primarily ... treatment and medical consultation in Wyandotte County," Bronaugh said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the vaccine ...
The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground.
Wyandotte County leaders are asking people to “remain ... or even speaks. Symptoms of active tuberculosis include cough, chest pain, and coughing up blood. “Certainly we know tuberculosis ...
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.