Kansas is experiencing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in U.S. history, as experts warn of a growing crisis in public health, worsened by recent legislative restrictions ...

The Kansas City ... three consecutive years. Public health experts emphasize the importance of awareness, proactive measures, and balanced communication to manage TB outbreaks effectively.

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB—a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough—began in January 2024 in ...

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

The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department is ... during the handling of the major tuberculosis outbreak, shown by emails obtained by the Kansas News Service.

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

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...

While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak ... them are in the United States. But the outbreak in greater Kansas City offers a stark reminder of the importance of public funding for TB research and ...

The WHO warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts, especially from the United States, could harm humanitarian efforts ...