Kansas City has been at the center of an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, bringing the disease back into the spotlight. Around 67 active cases have been confirmed since the start of 2025, and nearly 400 ...

Tuberculosis is a treatable bacterial disease that typically affects the lungs and gets spread frequently from person to person through the air. Bacteria from tuberculosis is usually put into the air ...

Southwestern Community College students and staff may have been exposed to drug-resistant tuberculosis between Oct. 17 and ...

A tuberculosis case is under investigation in Jackson County. The individual with TB spent time in the county during their infectious period. Close contacts will be notified by public health officials ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas has become the largest recorded outbreak of the illness in the U.S., with nearly 70 active cases since last year. A doctor examines the x-rays of a tuberculosis ...