Kansas City, Kansas Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas becomes largest in US

Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas is one of the largest in US history

Health officials are downplaying the TB danger, although the outbreak has continued for a full year with no end in sight.

Kansas City Star on MSN · 1d

Kansas is in the middle of an ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak. Here’s what to know

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. Fortunately, they say the health risk remains very low.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It’s not the biggest in US history though, CDC says

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.

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Kansas City Chiefs game drew lots of travelers. Should you be worried about tuberculosis?

No, you probably didn’t get tuberculosis at Sunday’s Chiefs game. A yearlong outbreak of the bacterial infection in the ...

WISH-TV on MSN13h

Morning Checkup | Tuberculosis rates continue to rise in Kansas: Should the US be concerned?

The United States is experiencing one of its largest outbreaks of tuberculosis since the CDC began reporting in the 1950s.

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Salute to Service – Four Seasons Home Products

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — FOX4 and Four Seasons Home Products want to highlight military service men and women in the Kansas City area with Salute to Service. Using the form below, nominate a veteran worthy ...

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State officials say risk from tuberculosis outbreak remains ‘low’ for general public

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, area is posing a low risk to the general public, state officials ...

Hawaii Tribune-Herald23h

News in brief for January 30

As of Jan. 24, 67 active cases of tuberculosis, or TB, had been reported in Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas. The outbreak began last year, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said ...

Tony's Kansas City1d

Kansas City Star Downplays Metro Tuberculosis Public Health Concern

Again, in this report the newspaper attempts to spin & downplay the public health threat . . .

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