After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga/KMUW Feb 15, 2025 Updated Feb 15, 2025 Zane Irwin/Kansas News Service ...

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 ...

KDHE also reported 67 active TB outbreak-related cases in the Kansas City metro area, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County. 2 Additionally, there have been 79 outbreak-associated ...

Texas so far isn't seeing any such outbreak. Kansas has reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven active cases in Johnson County, according to data from the Kansas Department of ...

The 2015-17 outbreak cited by the CDC was linked to homeless shelters in Georgia. The CDC said more than 170 cases of TB disease and more than 400 cases of inactive TB were detected. The 2021 ...

A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area has sickened dozens of people and killed two. What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment. Jan. 30, 2025, 10:50 AM PST / Source: TODAY ...

The outbreak has centered around the working class Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas (smaller than neighboring Kansas City, Missouri), and the more affluent suburban Johnson County.

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas. 28,466 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

According to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the cases have all occurred in Wyandotte County and Johnson County, both part of the greater Kansas City metro area ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is disputing Kansas public health officials’ claim that the Wyandotte County tuberculosis outbreak is the largest in recorded U.S. history. In an ...

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 latent TB.

Ground zero identified: Wyandotte County stands at the epicenter of this crisis, with 60 of the 67 active cases concentrated in this area. This concentration of cases in one region has health ...