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.

Our state continues to see new laws introduced each year that diminish funding and the authority of health departments — just ...

Staffers at the jail and homeless shelters in Wyandotte County, where the outbreak ... Just a couple of years ago, there was a smaller TB outbreak in Kansas. After the outbreak was contained ...

The new case is in Stevens County in southwest Kansas. It’s unclear if it is connected to outbreaks in New Mexico and Texas.

TB is preventable and treatable — yet Kansas has consistently refused ... and negatively impacts the residents of Wyandotte County.” This outbreak isn’t happening in isolation.

Kansas is facing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the ... government and negatively impacts the residents of Wyandotte County.” This outbreak isn’t happening in isolation.