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News Flash • Current Tuberculosis Outbreak in Kansas City, K
As of Jan. 31, 2025, there are 67 individuals, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven (7) in Johnson County, associated with this outbreak. As noted in the epidemiologic curve below, most cases were diagnosed in early 2024 and throughout the summer. ... in Johnson County, associated with this outbreak. As reference, for Kansas, CDC reported ...
Statement Regarding TB Outbreak in Kansas – Unified …
Beginning February 1, 2025, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, will transition all customer service inquiries for residential trash and recycling services to WM. This change will improve service efficiency, reduce delays, and provide residents with faster, more reliable assistance. ... According to the CDC, TB is a ...
The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the …
Jan 28, 2025 · How big is the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas? As of Jan. 24, 67 people are being treated for active TB, most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said. Another 79 have latent TB. The state’s provisional 2024 count shows 79 active TB cases and 213 latent cases in the two counties where the outbreak is happening, Wyandotte and Johnson.
Kansas officials say risk is low after tuberculosis outbreak
Jan 27, 2025 · The breakdown includes 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. There are 79 confirmed latent TB cases, ... In 2023, the CDC recorded 46 active TB cases in Kansas. There are two ...
What to Know About Alarming Tuberculosis Outbreak in Kansas
Jan 29, 2025 · How big is the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas? As of Jan. 24, 67 people are being treated for active TB, most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said.
Two dead, dozens sickened in Kansas tuberculosis outbreak
Jan 28, 2025 · The National Association of County and City Health Officials has been closely monitoring news about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, but concern remains that there is little information being ...
Kansas Is Dealing With Major Tuberculosis Outbreak
Jan 28, 2025 · Elizabeth S. Mingioli/CDC, via Associated Press ... 67 people were being treated for active cases of tuberculosis as part of the outbreak in Kansas. There were 60 cases in Wyandotte County and ...
KDHE: 'Unprecedented' tuberculosis outbreak ongoing in Wyandotte County
Jan 25, 2025 · 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.
Tobacco Environment by Census Tract in Wyandotte County and …
Dec 4, 2024 · This map displays two census tract-level choropleth maps of the tobacco environment in Johnson County and Wyandotte County, Kansas. The first map displays crude prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults …
Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis — Kansas, 2021–2022
Aug 31, 2023 · An MDR TB outbreak involving 13 persons with active disease and nine with latent TB infections was identified within four Kansas households in 2021 and included multiple U.S.-born children who became infected in Kansas.