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Rosedale BBQ and other legendary spots in Wyandotte County are being featured on a new barbecue trail celebrating Kansas City’s rich BBQ history.
New data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment suggests the measles outbreak has officially ended in five counties, after those areas went more than 42 days without a new case.
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread since 1991, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six ...
The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an important public health lesson.
(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department is no longer with the agency, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. It comes after turmoil during the handling of ...
Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of ...
KDHE also reported 67 active TB outbreak-related cases in the Kansas City metro area, with 60 in Wyandotte County and 7 in Johnson County. 2 Additionally, there have been 79 outbreak-associated ...
Kansas has reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven active cases in Johnson County, according to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
After the CDC said the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest in documented history, KDHE clarified they meant the largest in a single year.
A large, ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has sickened at least 67 and caused two deaths. What to know about TB symptoms, transmission, and treatment.
The outbreak has centered around the working class Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas (smaller than neighboring Kansas City, Missouri), and the more affluent suburban Johnson County.
According to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the cases have all occurred in Wyandotte County and Johnson County, both part of the greater Kansas City metro area.