5 days ago · Beginning February 1, 2025, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, will transition all customer service inquiries for residential trash and recycling services to WM. This change will improve service efficiency, reduce delays, and provide residents with faster, more reliable assistance. ... TB is a disease caused by ...

2 days ago · As of Jan. 31, 2025, there are 67 confirmed cases of active tuberculosis (TB) disease, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven (7) in Johnson County, associated with this outbreak. Of these individuals, 35 have completed treatment and are considered cured and 30 are currently under treatment. Most are no longer considered infectious to ...

4 days ago · As of Jan. 24, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

4 days ago · As of Jan. 24, 67 people are being treated for active TB, most of them in Wyandotte County, Bronaugh said. Another 79 have latent TB. The state’s provisional 2024 count shows 79 active TB cases and 213 latent cases in the two counties where the outbreak is happening, Wyandotte and Johnson. Not all of those are linked to the outbreak and ...

4 days ago · There were 60 cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. An additional 79 people in the two counties were carrying dormant tuberculosis, commonly referred to as latent cases .

5 days ago · Active TB patients are typically non-contagious after 10 days of treatment. Wyandotte County has been the hardest hit, but health officials maintain that the general public remains at "very low risk."

6 days ago · Currently, there are 67 people being treated for TB cases on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area — 60 in Wyandotte County and seven others in Johnson County. There are also 79 confirmed ...

To date, most TB cases have been in Wyandotte County, with very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties. Outbreak Response For Providers

6 days ago · A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be one of the largest in the U.S. since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started tracking the illness ...

Jan 25, 2025 · A Kansas Department of Health and Environment official told a Kansas Senate committee Tuesday the agency continues to work to resolve an "unprecedented" tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County.