Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S.

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.

workplaces or schools in Wyandotte County account for the most TB infections. Dibble said four CDC staff members are providing on-site assistance in the Kansas City area, “including contact ...

Wyandotte County has been the hardest hit ... and lend resources to us to help get a stop to that." Kansas health officials and the CDC are continuing their collaborative response to the outbreak.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ... treatment and medical consultation in Wyandotte County," the agency said. "Four CDC staff are providing on-site assistance including contact ...

Kansas City, Kan. (AP ... As of Jan. 24, 67 people are being treated for active TB, most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said. Another 79 have latent TB. The state’s provisional 2024 ...

A crash happened on Interstate 70 before 38th Street in Wyandotte County shortly after midnight on Tuesday. MAPS: Traffic and road conditions across the Kansas City metro According ... According to ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken ... most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said. Another 79 have latent TB. The state’s provisional 2024 count ...

Staffers at the jail and homeless shelters in Wyandotte County, where the outbreak is centered ... Just a couple of years ago ...

According to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the cases have all occurred in Wyandotte County and Johnson ... of one year since the CDC began reporting TB cases ...