Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public ...

There are a record-breaking 68 active cases of tuberculosis, according to a March 28 update from the Kansas Division of Public Health. Most of the cases (61) are in Wyandotte County, with the rest ...

Tuberculosis is a "near-perfect predator," John Green said in his book "Everything is Tuberculosis." The bacterial infection, ...

THE PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT LEVEL IS LOW ... including a recent one in the Kansas City, Kansas area. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data. Alaska and Hawaii ...

Now, as Kansas grapples with a major tuberculosis outbreak ... before issuing health directives. Local health authorities currently empowered to limit public gatherings by order will only be ...