2 days ago · So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis.. Starting in 2024, the U.S. state of Kansas experienced a sudden rise in cases of tuberculosis, with 67 active cases. [1] 109 cases of tuberculosis were recorded in Kansas in 2024, compared to 51 in 2023. [2]It is the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the U.S. since documentation began in the 1950s.

2 days ago · A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does ...

1 day ago · 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.

2 days ago · Correction: In a previous version of this report, Kansas health officials said the ongoing TB outbreak is the largest in the United States since the 1950s. The CDC said Tuesday that there have ...

2 days ago · Kansas is grappling with what state health officials say is one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks there since the 1950s, one that has infected dozens of people. ... While the outbreak in ...

2 days ago · The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The outbreak, which began a year ...

3 days ago · Where is the outbreak in Kansas? The Kansas health department recorded 109 active cases of tuberculosis statewide in 2024. In 2023, the CDC recorded 46 active cases in Kansas, Bronaugh said. Bronaugh said the state recorded 79 active and 213 latent outbreak- and non-outbreak-related tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte and Johnson counties last year.

4 days ago · So far, 67 active TB infections tied to the outbreak have been reported in the Kansas City area as of Jan. 24, with cases related to the current outbreak first reported in January 2024, Bronaugh ...

6 days ago · Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.