Preliminary data released this month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 ...

According to the latest data from the Kansas Department of Health, so far this year there have been a total of 9 active tuberculosis cases and 48 latent cases in the state.

With one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl defeat. During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected.

The majority of the cases were in Wyandotte County, which is an urban county ... first broke the story that Kansas was even having a TB outbreak. As of last Friday, Kansas has seen 68 active ...

He and his team are being proactive as part of their response to an outbreak in another part of the state. Dr. Byrd stressed that although there are no confirmed measles cases in Tarrant County so ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - A single-vehicle crash Monday evening on Interstate 635 in Wyandotte County sent a man to an area hospital with serious injuries, officials said. The crash was reported ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ...

But the founding of a county health department, he said, wouldn’t help tackle a potential outbreak. Other county health departments, including those in Bucks and Delaware counties, have not ...

The Humane Society of Harford County has temporarily paused all dog ... is testing its animals and sanitizing its facilities to contain the outbreak. The outbreak comes after the humane society ...

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl defeat. During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected.

Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just last month, two new bills were proposed that would effectively eliminate ...