Common symptoms of active TB include coughing, chest pains, fever, fatigue and coughing up blood or phlegm. The airborne respiratory illness is usually transmitted during prolonged close contact with an infected person.

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024. Health officials are raising the alarm over a large and ongoing tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Kansas.

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

Wyandotte County leaders are asking people to “remain calm” and remember that the risk of contracting TB is low for most people. According to the CDC, TB is a disease caused by germs that spread person-to-person through the air. It can happen while someone with active TB coughs, sings, or even speaks.

HealthDay News — Kansas health officials are tackling the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in US history, with 67 confirmed cases since the start of 2025.

The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) says all TB patients in the county have completed treatment and are not infectious

Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) updated details on the investigation into the death of Roger Golubski, 71, of Edwardsville.

You don’t need to have the vaccine to attend colleges in Kansas, but some do require you to get tested for tuberculosis before enrolling and going to classes on campus, like at the University of Kansas.

State health officials said that dozens of people in the Kansas City, Kan., area have the disease, which has drawn a federal response.

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," health officials said Monday.