Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.

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.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. — Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas are facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to health officials. The outbreak, as reported ...

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

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

The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground.

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...

(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. In a statement released ...

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...

The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department ... head of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming one of the largest in recent ...

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.