A council has reaffirmed its opposition to badger culling as a means of eradicating bovine tuberculosis (TB). Oxfordshire ...
Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...
Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases in Wyandotte ... Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according ...
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.
Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 active cases since 2024, marking one of the largest outbreaks in recorded history of the ...
The state ultimately took over the TB response as outbreak-related numbers ballooned to 67 active cases, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. Caldwell said he would not ...
The Wyandotte County Public Health Department building at 619 Ann Ave., is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas. Emily Curiel [email protected] Reality Check is a Star series ...
While TB cases have been rising nationally in recent years, public health officials continue to emphasize there is no threat ...
The breakdown includes 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. TB is spread through the air from one person to another and is put into the air when a person with active TB disease of ...