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 ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis isn’t just any respiratory ... The outbreak’s concentration in Wyandotte County raises concerns about healthcare access and community vulnerability. Public health workers are ...

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

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 ...

60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. An additional 79 people in the two counties are sick with latent cases, (also known as “inactive tuberculosis,” which means non-contagious ...

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.

The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department is no longer with the agency, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. It comes after turmoil during the handling of the major tuberculosis ...