Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis infections

August 30, 2024

TOPEKA—As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higherthan- normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County.

COVID positivity rates have been steadily increasing in Kansas, Missouri and across the country since July. The increase is higher than last summer’s rates and …