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[1] 109 cases of tuberculosis were recorded in Kansas in 2024, compared to 51 in 2023. [2] It is the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the U.S. since documentation began in the 1950s. [3] [4] The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has not publicly identified the source of the outbreak. [5]
So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active cases in Johnson County, according to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Since 2024, there ...
A wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area has caused dozens of illnesses and at least two deaths, according to the state health department. Cases related to the ...
The bulk of the cases (60) are in Wyandotte County, home to Kansas City, with 7 cases in neighboring Johnson County. The agency says there is “very low risk to the general public, including the ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is a state agency in Kansas, responsible for the state's public health system, medical records, and environmental sustainability. [ 1 ] References
Shawnee County is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. Its county seat and most populous city is Topeka, the state capital. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909, [2] making it the third-most populous county in Kansas.
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Kansas Department of Health and Education former spokeswoman Miranda Steele has countered that the state's high-school smoking rate (at 14%, below the nationwide average of 18%) is below the smoking rates of neighboring states, including some which spend more, per person, on tobacco prevention.