Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...

Jill Bronaugh, communications director at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told me by email: “The Kansas ...

Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet.

Without government funding, research to fight tuberculosis would probably never have happened and countless lives would have ...

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

Sixty-seven cases and two deaths have been reported in an ongoing Kansas TB outbreak. Officials initially said it is the largest outbreak in U.S. history but clarified it is the largest over the ...

Kansas is currently experiencing the worst TB outbreak on record within the US. Latin Times Kansas is experiencing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in U.S. history ...

Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 active cases since 2024, marking one of the largest outbreaks in recorded history ...

Jan. 29, 2025 – Two counties in the Kansas City area continue to grapple with what is now a yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis. Caused by airborne bacteria, the disease is highly contagious and ...