Kansas is experiencing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in U.S. history, as experts warn of a growing crisis in public health, worsened by recent legislative restrictions ...

Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause of death in the world.

The Kansas City ... three consecutive years. Public health experts emphasize the importance of awareness, proactive measures, and balanced communication to manage TB outbreaks effectively.

state and federal public health officials have been tracking one of the nation’s largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in decades ...

The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department is ... during the handling of the major tuberculosis outbreak, shown by emails obtained by the Kansas News Service.

Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak ... them are in the United States. But the outbreak in greater Kansas City offers a stark reminder of the importance of public funding for TB research and ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

And while tuberculosis cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat to the general public. The eastern Kansas outbreak has ...