So far, 67 active TB infections tied to the outbreak have been reported in the Kansas City area as of Jan. 24. Cases related to the current outbreak first reported in January 2024, Bronaugh says.

Kansas health officials said patients who test positive will be screened to see if they have active TB disease or latent TB infection. Doctors can then choose the best treatment for each patient ...

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.

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases. ... TB is spread in the air from one person to another.

The Kansas City TB outbreak shows the value of U.S. government health funding. Without the CDC, NIH, and local health departments, the outbreak could have been much worse.

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 ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state ...

Two Kansas counties are reporting active cases of TB in the largest reported outbreak of the respiratory disease Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared ...

‘Unprecedented’ TB outbreak recorded in Kansas with nearly 70 cases reported ‘Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they’ve ever had in history’ said a Kansas Department of ...

A large, ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has sickened at least 67 and caused two deaths. What to know about TB symptoms, transmission, and treatment.

A large, ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has sickened at least 67 and caused two deaths. What to know about TB symptoms, transmission, and treatment.