The Tuberculosis (TB) Program provides support to local public health agencies, private physicians, and health care facilities involved in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of Tuberculosis.

All suspected cases of active TB disease should be reported to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment within 4 hours. Report all cases of latent TB infection to both your county health department and KDHE within 24 hours.

1 day ago · After the CDC said the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak isn't the largest in documented history, KDHE clarified they meant the largest in a single year.

Current CDC Recommendations for Health Care Personnel TB screening with an individual risk assessment and symptom evaluation at baseline (preplacement); TB testing with an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) or a tuberculin skin test (TST) for persons without documented prior TB disease or latent TB infection (LTBI).

5 days ago · An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday.

3 days ago · Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

6 days ago · The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 66 active cases of tuberculosis and 79 infections in the Kansas City Metro area in 2024. As of this month, the number of active cases rose ...

1 day ago · Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the disease.

4 days ago · A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas City has become the largest documented TB outbreak on record in the United States. Data on the outbreak from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) show that 67 active TB cases and 79 latent cases have been reported since the beginning of 2024 in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, which are ...

3 days ago · Health officials are raising the alarm over a large and ongoing tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas. According to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the cases have ...