As diagnosed tuberculosis cases have surged in Wyandotte County this year, local public health officials are putting forward a roughly $1 million plan to deal with the outbreak.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday confirmed a tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County, with more cases than the entire state recorded last year.

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.

Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the disease.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday confirmed a tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County, with more cases than the entire state recorded last year.

The Unified Government Public Health Department of Wyandotte County in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas, area has taken local experts ...

Two people have died since the outburst started in January 2024. Health reports from Jan. 24, 2025 show67 people are sick with active TB cases: 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County.

As diagnosed tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte County this year have eclipsed those seen across all of Kansas in 2023, local public health officials are putting forward a roughly $1 million plan to ...

Wyandotte County contains part of Kansas City and Johnson County is just southwest of Kansas City. Cases linked to the outbreak were first reported in January 2024, according to KDHE.

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 said they are dealing with an "unprecedented" tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state.