6 days ago · In this Q&A, David Dowdy, MD, PhD ’08, ScM ’02, professor in Epidemiology, provides an overview of tuberculosis, including how it spreads, who is most at risk, and what the Kansas outbreak suggests about the state of our public health infrastructure.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

10 hours ago · The Kansas City TB outbreak has 67 active cases, with 35 cured and 30 under treatment, and two deaths reported. TB cases have risen nationally and globally, with the US reporting the highest ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Public health officials have been actively investigating an outbreak of tuberculosis in the KCK Metro area since early 2024. The public health response includes case investigation and contact tracing to identify individuals who may have been exposed to TB and follow-up to ensure individuals are being properly tested and treated.

Jan 29, 2025 · Public health workers identified more than 170 active TB cases and more than 400 latent cases from 2015 to 2017. And in 2021, a nationwide outbreak linked to contaminated tissue used in bone ...

Jan 31, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.

Jan 28, 2025 · 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. ... to educate the public about ...

Jan 27, 2025 · "Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they've ever had in history," Ashley Goss, a deputy secretary at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, told the state Senate’s Public ...

May 3, 2024 · In its investigation of the outbreak, the city health department has identified about 170 people who have probably been exposed to tuberculosis. But overall, “the risk of TB for people who...