Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 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. Additionally, there are 79 confirmed latent TB cases, including 77 in Wyandotte County and two in Johnson County. Wyandotte County contains part of Kansas City and Johnson County is just southwest of Kansas City.

Kansas health officials are responding to a tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metro area, with more than 60 reported cases across two counties, a notice from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said. According to the KDHE, most of the tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in Wyandotte County on the border of Kansas and Missouri, with 60 "active cases" reported since 2024. Nearby Johnson County, also along the border of Missouri, has seen seven active cases since 2024, the notice said. Additionally, 79 latent infections -- people infected with TB bacteria, but do not have TB disease and cannot spread it to others -- were reported across Wyandotte and Johnson counties in 2024, the notice said.

An 'unprecedented' tuberculosis outbreak is spreading through Kansas, with officials warning that it might get worse. The outbreak is the 'largest documented outbreak in US history,' Department of Health and Environment officials announced on Monday, according to KSHB. As of Friday, there were 67 active cases and 79 latent cases - meaning that people are infected with the bacteria, but do not have the disease, health officials said. Cases were first reported last January, and has spread through the Kansas City metropolitan area rapidly, KAKE reports. It spreads through the air when infected people cough, speak or sing, and mainly affects the lungs. 'This outbreak is still ongoing, which means that there could be more cases,' Jill Bronaugh, communications director for the health department told the Topeka Capital-Journal.

Kansas is experiencing the largest recorded TB outbreak in U.S. history. The outbreak includes 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. TB spreads through the air and mainly affects the lungs. Local health officials are offering free TB testing to help control the outbreak.

Kansas City, Kansas, has 67 active cases of tuberculosis and 79 latent cases. The outbreak is the largest ever recorded in the nation, health officials say. The vast majority of the cases are in Wyandotte County. The CDC began monitoring TB in the 1950s.