Kansas City has been at the center of an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, bringing the disease back into the spotlight. Around 67 active cases have been confirmed since the start of 2025, and nearly ...

Kansas recently confirmed one of the largest Tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history. This has prompted renewed focus on prevention efforts and public health preparedness. While the United States ...

Between the 2024 outbreak and May 9, the two counties accounted for 68 active tuberculosis cases, 62 which were in Wyandotte, according to the state health department. The number of latent cases ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly blamed the reduction in force on the loss of $33 million in federal ... “These cuts come when Kansas is in the midst of fighting two outbreaks - tuberculosis and ...