Kansas is experiencing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in U.S. history, as experts warn of a growing crisis in public health, worsened by recent legislative restrictions that have weakened officials' ability to respond effectively.
67 active cases have been identified in just two counties since January—more than the state typically sees in an entire year, the Guardian reported. Dr. David Dowdy, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, called the outbreak a "canary in the coal mine" for public health systems.
