Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause of death in the world.

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment shouldn’t let politics undermine public faith in their work. From David ...

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 ...

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area straddling Kansas and Missouri has made headlines across the country, a rare feat for an infectious disease too often ignored ...

Jill Bronaugh, communications director at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told me by email: “The Kansas ...

The Kansas City TB outbreak has 67 active cases, with 35 cured and 30 under treatment, and two deaths reported. TB cases have risen nationally and globally, with the US reporting the highest ...

Indeed, the pathogen seems like ancient history — but as recent developments indicate, tuberculosis isn’t done with us yet.