The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...

Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to state health officials.

Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause ...

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.

“When public health services weaken, one of the first things you will see is outbreaks of TB.” I asked him what he meant by ...

Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

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 ...

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

The Kansas outbreak, described by health officials as “unprecedented,” has killed at least two people and sickened dozens of others. It could be an indicator that tuberculosis cases may be ...

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

In this final interview clip, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stresses the need for effective communication and proactive screening ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...