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.

Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

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 ...

"Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial infection ... As of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 individuals, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, currently being treated for confirmed ...

Tuberculosis takes close ... Kansas Department of Health and Environment came to Kansas City, Kansas, to assist the Wyandotte County Public Health Department with the outbreak.

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.

(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department ... It comes after turmoil during the handling of the major tuberculosis outbreak, shown by emails obtained ...