The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an ...
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.
Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area ...
But the relative size of the outbreak is irrelevant. Kansas numbers continue to grow, and Dr. William Schaffner, infectious ...
Kansas is dealing with one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis recorded in a single year in the United States since the 1950s, state health officials say. The outbreak in the Kansas City area ...
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...
A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...
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 ...
“When public health services weaken, one of the first things you will see is outbreaks of TB.” I asked him what he meant by ...
Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the disease.
Roughly a quarter of the global population is estimated to have TB, but only about 5% to 10% of those develop symptoms. How big is the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas? As of Jan. 24, 67 people are ...