A new plan to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Wyandotte County roadways is set to go into effect on the Kansas side of the metro.

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak centered in Wyandotte County.

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.

Kansas is experiencing record-high tuberculosis cases in two counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and a TB expert weigh in on the public risk.

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.

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

According to the KDHE, most of the tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in Wyandotte County on the border of Kansas and Missouri, with 60 "active cases" reported since 2024. Nearby Johnson County, also along the border of Missouri, has seen seven active cases since 2024, the notice said.

The Kansas City metro area is experiencing the largest outbreak in U.S. history, with low risk to the general public, Kansas health officials say.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by five plaintiffs against the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, along with eight former and current police officials, citing Kansas' two-year statute of limitations.

“Things like influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and those common cough and cold viruses they are still at fairly high levels in the United States. You are at significantly more at risk of getting one of those infections than you are tuberculosis,” Hawkinson said.

Health officials in Columbia and Boone County are closely monitoring the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas, which state officials have described as one of the largest in recorded U.S. history. However, local officials say there is no immediate cause for concern across mid-Missouri.