Jan 31, 2025 · There are 79 confirmed latent TB cases, including 77 in Wyandotte County and two (2) in Johnson County, associated with this outbreak. As reference, for Kansas, CDC reported 52 active TB cases in 2022 and 46 in 2023.

Jan 29, 2025 · In response to recent media attention and inquiries from the public, JCDHE confirms that all patients in Johnson County (comprising seven active cases and two latent cases) have completed treatment and are not infectious. As testing continues, there is the potential that additional cases among Johnson County residents will be identified.

Jan 28, 2025 · How big is the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas? 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 count shows 79 active TB cases and 213 latent cases in the two counties where the outbreak is happening, Wyandotte and Johnson.

Jan 29, 2025 · The response from Johnson County comes days after Kansas officials said there is a low risk to the public of contracting tuberculosis.. But according to online data, as of Friday, Jan. 24, there ...

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Jan 27, 2025 · Bronaugh said as of Jan. 24, 67 people (60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County) were being treated for active tuberculosis. She said cases associated with this outbreak were first ...

Jan 28, 2025 · The National Association of County and City Health Officials has been closely monitoring news about the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, but concern remains that there is little information being ...

Dec 4, 2024 · This map displays two census tract-level choropleth maps of the tobacco environment in Johnson County and Wyandotte County, Kansas. The first map displays crude prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults …

Aug 31, 2023 · An MDR TB outbreak involving 13 persons with active disease and nine with latent TB infections was identified within four Kansas households in 2021 and included multiple U.S.-born children who became infected in Kansas.

As of Jan. 24, 2025, there are 67 individuals, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, currently being treated for confirmed active TB related to this outbreak.