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

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

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area straddling Kansas and Missouri has made headlines across the country, a rare feat for an infectious disease too often ignored ...

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.

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. Getty Images For more than a year, local, state and federal public health officials ...

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

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 ...

Sixty-seven cases and two deaths have been reported in an ongoing Kansas TB outbreak. Officials initially said it is the largest outbreak in U.S. history but clarified it is the largest over the ...

Kansas faces one of the largest TB outbreaks in US history. TB, an enduring pandemic, thrives in poverty-stricken areas and ...

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...

The Kansas City TB outbreak has 67 active cases, with 35 cured and 30 under treatment, and two deaths reported. TB cases have risen nationally and globally, with the US reporting the highest ...

Kansas was coping with this latest TB crisis throughout 2024. However . . . Here's the highlight of a KC Star guest column ...