Kansas Is Currently at Center of ‘Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak in Recorded US History’

Kansas is currently host to the largest tuberculosis outbreak recorded in U.S. history, health officials warn.

The state had 66 active cases and 79 latent infections in the Kansas City metro area, health officials reported on Jan. 17. Most of the cases have come out of Wyandotte County, though some have also been reported in Johnson County.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have also recently warned of a deadly “rabbit fever” on the rise as the bird flu continues to raise concerns.

“Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they’ve ever had in history,” warned Ashley Goss, a deputy secretary at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday. . .

Tuberculosis is a contagious disease that is caused by a bacterial infection in the lungs that the CDC has been monitoring cases since the 1950s. (Read more from “Kansas Is Currently at Center of ‘Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak in Recorded US History’” HERE)