According to the latest data from the Kansas Department of Health, so far this year there have been a total of 9 active tuberculosis cases and 48 latent cases in the state.

TB is preventable and treatable — yet Kansas ... This harms our county government and negatively impacts the residents of Wyandotte County.” This outbreak isn’t happening in isolation.

that what ties the Kansas TB cases together is either homelessness, incarcerated populations or immigration status. Staffers at the jail and homeless shelters in Wyandotte County, where the ...

health outcomes in Wyandotte County have ranked well below both state and national averages, but outside of the pandemic, we have seen little momentum in supporting these effective community-based ...