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 ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that would take authority away from local ...

The origin of the TB outbreak in Kansas remains unknown as of early ... People should be aware that TB is still a public health problem across the globe. Education on the transmission, treatment ...

But the development of antibiotics and public health efforts succeeded ... including a recent one in the Kansas City, Kansas area. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the ...

Several states have influenced the current upward trend in TB cases, including Kansas, which experienced ... continued collaboration between TB public health programs and health care providers ...

A new study found that reported diagnoses for tuberculosis were consistently lower than expected throughout the pandemic, even though incarceration rates remained largely consistent and TB detection ...

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 ...