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KAKE: Health officials facing 'unprecedented' tuberculosis outbreak in northeast Kansas [View all]
KAKE - Health officials facing 'unprecedented' tuberculosis outbreak in northeast Kansas
Cameron Burnett
Jan 25, 2025 Updated 13 hrs ago
WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) – State public health officials are calling an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in northeast Kansas “unprecedented.”
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 66 active cases of tuberculosis and 79 infections in the Kansas City Metro area in 2024. As of this month, the number of active cases rose to 67.
In a Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare meeting on Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of KDHE Ashley Goss said the department is working collaboratively with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Some of you are aware we have mobilized staff and resources addressing an unprecedented tuberculosis outbreak in one of our counties,” Goss said. “We are working collaboratively with the CDC on that. The CDC remains on the ground with us to support.”
Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that most often affects the lungs. It spreads through the air when people with TB cough, sneeze or spit.
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Cameron Burnett
Jan 25, 2025 Updated 13 hrs ago
WYANDOTTE COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) – State public health officials are calling an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in northeast Kansas “unprecedented.”
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 66 active cases of tuberculosis and 79 infections in the Kansas City Metro area in 2024. As of this month, the number of active cases rose to 67.
In a Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare meeting on Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of KDHE Ashley Goss said the department is working collaboratively with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Some of you are aware we have mobilized staff and resources addressing an unprecedented tuberculosis outbreak in one of our counties,” Goss said. “We are working collaboratively with the CDC on that. The CDC remains on the ground with us to support.”
Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that most often affects the lungs. It spreads through the air when people with TB cough, sneeze or spit.
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