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

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

But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...

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

Just a couple of years ago, there was a smaller TB outbreak in Kansas. After the outbreak was contained, the CDC reported ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to ... things started out smoothly between leadership at the CDC, KDHE and the Wyandotte County Public ...

What do we know about this outbreak? Compared with the 52 and 46 cases of active TB in Kansas reported to the CDC in 2022 and 2023, respectively, the 67 cases diagnosed in Wyandotte and Johnson ...

Kansas health officials are actively working to contain the outbreak, partnering with the CDC to prevent further transmission. TB is caused by bacteria that primarily attack the lungs but can ...

A CDC spokesperson said that isn't accurate ... Kansas public health officials now say an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, area is the largest in a single year in recorded ...

The outbreak, which began in January 2024, has resulted in 67 confirmed active tuberculosis cases and 79 confirmed latent cases, with two deaths. The CDC is providing on-site assistance in Kansas ...

The state usually only sees a handful of TB cases each year. In 2023, the CDC recorded 46 active TB cases in Kansas, says Bronaugh. “It’s a substantial outbreak of tuberculosis,” Dr. William ...