After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director KCUR | By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga Published February 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM CST ...

In response to questions from the Kansas News Service about the outbreak, a spokesperson for KDHE confirmed there have been 49 recorded cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County since the start of ...

According to Greiner, starting in 2021, there was a small cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte County. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health ...

Health officials have confirmed almost 50 cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County, more than in all of Kansas last year. But the public risk remains low. The Kansas Department of Health and ...

Kansas health officials reported that as of Jan. 24, there are 67 people who have contracted active TB in both counties: 60 people in Wyandotte County; seven in Johnson County.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest documented TB outbreaks since the 1950s.

A Kansas Department of Health and Environment official told a Kansas Senate committee Tuesday the agency continues to work to resolve an "unprecedented" tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County.

As diagnosed tuberculosis cases have surged in Wyandotte County this year, local public health officials are putting forward a roughly $1 million plan to deal with the outbreak.

After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director. Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga/KMUW; Feb 15, 2025 Feb 15, 2025 Updated Feb 15, 2025; Facebook; Twitter; ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday confirmed a tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County, with more cases than the entire state recorded last year. In response to ...

What tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County means for the rest of Kansas. Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga and Stephen Koranda. Fri, August 23, 2024 at 9:17 AM UTC. 3 min read.

In response to questions from the Kansas News Service about the outbreak, a spokesperson for KDHE confirmed there have been 49 recorded cases of tuberculosis in Wyandotte County since the start of ...