Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States.

CJOnline reports:

"Currently, Kansas has the largest outbreak that they've ever had in history,"

Ashley Goss, a deputy secretary at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, told the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday.

As of Jan. 17, public health officials reported that they had documented 66 active cases and 79 latent infections in the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area since 2024. Most of the cases have been in Wyandotte County, with a handful in Johnson County.

Jill Bronaugh, a KDHE spokesperson, confirmed Goss's statement afterward.

"The current KCK Metro TB outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently,"

Bronaugh said in a statement to The Capital-Journal.

"This is mainly due to the rapid number of cases in the short amount of time. This outbreak is still ongoing, which means that there could be more cases. There are a few other states that currently have large outbreaks that are also ongoing.”

Wow. What is this? The 20th century? 🤔 Oh wait… It must be, the far-right is on the rise again 😒

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