Elisha Caldwell had been head of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming one of the largest in recent U.S. history.

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

KDHE also reported 67 active TB outbreak-related cases in the Kansas City metro area, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County. 2 Additionally, there have been 79 outbreak-associated ...

Since 2024, there also have been, in total, two latent cases in Johnson County and 77 latent cases in Wyandotte County, which sits at the Missouri border, USA TODAY reported.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment clarifies that the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City is the largest in the US over a one-year period, not the largest ever recorded. The ...

A major tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area has sickened dozens of people and killed two. What to know about TB symptoms, spread, and treatment. Jan. 30, 2025, 10:50 AM PST / Source: TODAY ...

The outbreak has centered around the working class Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas (smaller than neighboring Kansas City, Missouri), and the more affluent suburban Johnson ...

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas. 28,466 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

Notably, in 2021, Kansas experienced an outbreak of multidrug-resistant TB that affected just over a dozen people. These infections are trickier to treat because the bacteria show resistance to ...

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 total case count of tuberculosis associated with the current outbreak in the Kansas City, Kan Metro area (Wyandotte and Johnson counties) from Jan. 2024 to present is 67, making it the largest ...

Two deaths and 67 active cases mark Kansas City's worst tuberculosis outbreak in years. Here's what health officials want you to know about this growing crisis.