Kansas is in the middle of an ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak. Here’s what to know
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.
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After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director
Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of Tuesday ...
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Did bickering between the Kansas and Wyandotte County health departments hinder TB response?
Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
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'Largest documented outbreak' of tuberculosis hits Kansas counties
60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County. "The current Kansas City, Kan. Metro tuberculosis outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently (since the 1950's ...
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Historic Wyandotte County, Kansas TB Outbreak Blame Game Erupts
"Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
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‘Remain calm’: Wyandotte County leaders urge caution amid TB outbreak
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest documented TB outbreaks since the 1950s.
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8 facts about Kansas City’s tuberculosis outbreak
A deadly tuberculosis outbreak is spreading through Kansas ... Ground zero identified: Wyandotte County stands at the epicenter of this crisis, with 60 of the 67 active cases concentrated in ...
Dr. Cory Franklin: Should we be concerned about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas?
Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause ...
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The Kansas City TB outbreak shows the value of U.S. government health funding
The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...
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Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas among largest in US history. Does Texas have TB cases?
Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern ... Kansas has reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven active cases in Johnson County ...
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After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director
The conflicts centered around things as basic as the use of Wyandotte County office space and escalated from there. The state ultimately took over the TB response as outbreak-related numbers ...
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After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director
(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department ... turmoil during the handling of the major tuberculosis outbreak, shown by emails obtained by the Kansas ...