Elisha Caldwell had been head of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming ...
Kansas City-area residents may be alarmed to hear that Wyandotte County is at the epicenter of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to state health officials.
"Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest documented TB outbreaks since the 1950s.
Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 ...
YEAH, DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN GOING ON ABOUT A YEAR. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS 67 PEOPLE WITH ACTIVE TB IN WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTY. 60 IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND SEVEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
The state has seen tuberculosis cases double between 2023 and 2024, with the CDC offering support on the ground.
In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, Michael A. Bernstein, MD, stressed the need for effective ...
The conflicts centered around things as basic as the use of Wyandotte County office space and escalated from there. The state ultimately took over the TB response as outbreak-related numbers ...