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.

More than 60 people were being treated in the Kansas City area as of Friday, according to the state health department.

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday.

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials.

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially deadly respiratory disease during one of the largest outbreaks in the nation's history.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says there is a very low risk to the public of contracting Tuberculosis.

The outbreak started last January. Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find more cases.

Kansas health officials are fighting the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in U.S. history, with 67 confirmed cases since new year began. The outbreak includes 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County,

A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is one of the largest recorded epidemics in U.S. history, according to health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Protection.

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 healt