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 CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Wyandotte County leaders say there is no reason to panic over reports that Kansas City, Kansas, has one of the largest documented TB outbreaks since the 1950s.

YEAH, DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN GOING ON ABOUT A YEAR. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS 67 PEOPLE WITH ACTIVE TB IN WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTY. 60 IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND SEVEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

"Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

Elisha Caldwell had been head of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming one of the largest in recent U.S. history.

State data shows 60 of the active cases are in Wyandotte County and seven are in Johnson County. Kansas Deputy Secretary for Public Health Ashley Goss first claimed that the state’s TB outbreak ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began monitoring TB cases in the U.S. in the 1950s. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 individuals, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven ...

A spokesperson for the Wyandotte County Health Department referred questions to KDHE. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated nine million people get TB every year and 1.25 ...