The Kansas Department of Health and Environment clarifies that the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is the largest in the US over a one-year period, not the largest ever recorded.

However, KDHE said the Kansas outbreak is still larger than the 2021 outbreak. "Out of the 113 patients that received the bone graph infected with TB, 53 of them cultured out M-TB," said Jill ...

TB is an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs, according to KDHE. It is caused by bacteria that spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak or sing.

As of Jan. 24, at least 67 people are being treated for active TB related to the Kansas outbreak, Jill Bronaugh, communications director of the KDHE, said in an update on Jan 29. Additionally, the ...

TB is an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs and is caused by a type of bacteria. It spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak, or sing, KDHE said.

KDHE: Tuberculosis outbreak in KC-area is largest outbreak in US history. Hawkinson said tuberculosis is not as easy to contract as other contagious diseases, such as COVID.

According to KDHE data, the outbreak consists of 67 active TB cases and 79 latent TB infections across two counties (Wyandotte and Johnson) in the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area.

The KDHE reports, as of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County.

Jill Bronaugh, a KDHE spokesperson, confirmed Goss's statement afterward. "The current KCK Metro TB outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently," Bronaugh said in a ...

An unprecedented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas has reached historic levels, becoming one of the largest ever recorded in U.S. history.. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County and the KC-metro area is “unprecedented.” ...