Quiroz allegedly sold drugs to a woman on Feb. 5, 2024, and the woman later died. Quiroz was arrested on Wednesday and booked into the Johnson County Adult Detention Center, court records show. She's due back in court for a status hearing on Feb. 6.
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.
An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday.
Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials.
Larry Gunzenhauser, 32, allegedly shot 37-year-old Jentre DeMarkus Parker-White during an altercation at a construction site off Shawnee Mission Parkway in Merriam in November.
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 tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County has grown to be the largest in the U.S. since the CDC started tracking the illness in the 1950s, health officials said.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says there is a very low risk to the public of contracting Tuberculosis.
There is a broken down vehicle on K-10 from South Cedar Creek Parkway to K-7. The warning was released on Wednesday at 10:31 p.m., and the latest update regarding this incident was made available on Wednesday at 10:38 p.m. There were no traffic incidents reported in this area for the past 12 hours.
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) says all TB patients in the county have completed treatment and are not infectious
Health officials in Johnson County provided an update Wednesday on tuberculosis cases connected to an ongoing outbreak that started in March 2024.