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 ...
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 David ...
What do we know about this outbreak? Compared with the 52 and 46 cases of active TB in Kansas reported to the CDC in 2022 and 2023, respectively, the 67 cases diagnosed in Wyandotte and Johnson ...
Kansas health officials are actively working to contain the outbreak, partnering with the CDC to prevent further transmission. TB is caused by bacteria that primarily attack the lungs but can ...
The outbreak, which began in January 2024, has resulted in 67 confirmed active tuberculosis cases and 79 confirmed latent cases, with two deaths. The CDC is providing on-site assistance in Kansas ...
Kansas health officials say the risk to the general public is “very low.” TB cases are not entirely uncommon in the United States. In 2023, there were 9,633 TB cases reported, CDC data shows ...
The state usually only sees a handful of TB cases each year. In 2023, the CDC recorded 46 active TB cases in Kansas, says Bronaugh. “It’s a substantial outbreak of tuberculosis,” Dr. William ...
The state usually only sees a handful of TB cases each year. In 2023, the CDC recorded 46 active TB cases in Kansas, says Bronaugh. “It’s a substantial outbreak of tuberculosis,” Dr. William ...