“While we are always concerned about the health and well-being of every community member, the Kansas Department of Health Environment assures the public the relative risk to the public is low.” The ...

Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials previously said the tuberculosis outbreak "is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history" since the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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.

A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City area has gained national attention this week, with headlines claiming it’s the “largest outbreak in U.S. history” since the Centers for Disease Control ...

The outbreak began last year, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said on its website. It did not specify a source of the outbreak. Tuberculosis, which spreads through the air ...

Since that time, the City and Jordan Disposal have had several meetings with KDHE (Kansas Department of Health and Environment) to gain some guidance and resolution as to what the next steps should be ...

The outbreak includes 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. HealthDay News — Kansas health officials are ...

“The outbreak is still ongoing, which means that there could be more cases,” said Jill Bronaugh, a spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, in an email to CNN on January 28.

according to Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). However, despite the unprecedented scale, health officials have assured the public that the risk of infection remains low.

“While there is a very low risk of infection to the general public in these communities, KDHE is working to ensure that patients are receiving appropriate treatment, which will limit the ability ...

The outbreak includes 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). That is the largest outbreak since the 1950s ...