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(KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the ...
Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public ...
A yearlong outbreak ... to have TB, but only about 5% to 10% of those develop symptoms. As of Jan. 24, 67 people are being treated for active TB, most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said.
Getty Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers ... Most of the cases (61) are in Wyandotte County, with the rest in Johnson. There are 85 latent cases ...
The breakdown includes 60 in Wyandotte County and seven ... recorded 46 active TB cases in Kansas. There are two reported TB deaths in 2024 associated with this outbreak. You can read more about ...
TB is preventable and treatable — yet Kansas has consistently refused ... and negatively impacts the residents of Wyandotte County.” This outbreak isn’t happening in isolation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kansas Legislature stripped ... to prevent the spread of tuberculosis. KDHE currently reports 77 TB cases in Wyandotte County. “We value the vital role our ...