TB Outbreak: A Public Health Emergency?

 An unprecedented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas has reached historic levels, becoming the largest recorded in U.S. history.. The Kansas Department of Health and.  Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 cases since the beginning of January. So far, officials.  In September 2023, a CDC report revealed that an outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB had driven up cases from 2019–2021 when recorded cases were between 37– 43 –.  Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s. Super Bowl 59 is set: Chiefs.  Statewide, Kansas had 109 active and 626 latent cases of tuberculosis in 2024, according to provisional figures from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment,.

 Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 cases since the beginning of January. So far, officials.  An unprecedented tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas has reached historic levels, becoming the largest recorded in U.S. history.. The Kansas Department of Health and.