An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...

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Wyandotte and Johnson counties, which comprise a large part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, have the greatest number of reported tuberculosis cases, and both counties have significant ...

A photo of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department in Kansas City ... respond to and mitigate the tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties. We will continue to collaborate ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak ... including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. Caldwell said he would not comment right ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of ... including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. Caldwell said he would not comment ...

Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective communication and proactive screening to curb the recent tuberculosis ... the Kansas City metro area, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson ...

The outbreak includes 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. HealthDay News — Kansas health officials are tackling ...

There are currently 67 active tuberculosis cases in a two-county area of Kansas ... and 213 latent cases in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, according to Kansas' provisional data.