Without government funding, research to fight tuberculosis would probably never have happened and countless lives would have ...

Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

"Emails show health department officials argued over basic things like office space during a major tuberculosis outbreak in ...

Elisha Caldwell had been head of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming one of the largest in recent U.S. history.

including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. Caldwell said he would not comment right now on his departure from the health department. Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the ...

Tuberculosis takes close ... Kansas Department of Health and Environment came to Kansas City, Kansas, to assist the Wyandotte County Public Health Department with the outbreak.

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of Tuesday ...

Kansas public health officials have ordered quarantines during the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, but lawmakers are considering repealing that power.