Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis.. Starting in 2024, the U.S. state of Kansas experienced a sudden rise in cases of tuberculosis, with 67 active cases. [1] …

6 days ago · 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. …

5 days ago · How big is the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas? As of Jan. 24, 67 people are being treated for active TB, most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said. Another 79 have …

5 days ago · 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. …

4 days ago · While there are 67 documented active cases of tuberculosis in Kansas, the state has reported another 79 latent cases—all but two of which are in Wyandotte County. The state …

6 days ago · Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 days ago · Kansas is not the only state in the region dealing with tuberculosis. In Missouri, its neighbor to the east, 87 cases of the disease had been recorded from Jan. 1 through …

Jan 24, 2025 · Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has been working with local health departments in response to a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak. The agencies are following the …

The Tuberculosis (TB) Program provides support to local public health agencies, private physicians, and health care facilities involved in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of …