Kansas' tuberculosis outbreak is one of the largest in the U.S. since the 1950s

January 27, 2025 · Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

URL: https://www.kcur.org/health/2025-01-27/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-is-now-the-largest-in-the-u-s-since-the-1950s

“We do expect to find more, but we’re hoping the ‘more’ that we find is latent TB and not active.”

Sixty-seven people are in treatment for active TB in two Kansas counties. Last year’s count was 79 active and 213 latent cases, with two deaths. The headline first said largest since the 1950s. The CDC disagreed and the headline got softened.