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

Jill Bronaugh, communications director at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told me by email: “The Kansas ...

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

“Tuberculosis outbreaks are often ... Jill Bronaugh, communications director at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told me by email: “The Kansas Department of Health and ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is tracking 384 individuals with suspected tuberculosis in the Kansas City metro area — at least 67 have an active infection, and two have ...

Why doesn’t the public know more about the troubling tuberculosis outbreak in eastern Kansas? The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is tracking 384 individuals with suspected ...

The relationships KDHE maintains with local ... of these partners that we can effectively respond to and mitigate the tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties.

Kansas is experiencing its largest tuberculosis outbreak in ... According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the outbreak poses a "very low risk to the general public, including ...

Kansas is dealing with the largest TB outbreak in modern U.S. history. Here's what to know about tuberculosis testing and cases in Tennessee in 2025.

In the beginning, CDC and KDHE staff were temporarily housed at the Wyandotte County Public Health Department. On Aug. 15, Caldwell sent an email to Lauren Swensson, the state’s TB controller ...

"KDHE has not exercised its authority to issue legal isolation and quarantine orders in several years — other than the current tuberculosis outbreak, which, yes, we have exercised isolation ...