TOPEKA —The Kansas Department of Health on Wednesday reported one new cases of measles over the past week in the state for a ...

Beyond bringing back diseases like measles and TB, defunding NIH will cost the United States its leading role in global ...

Kansas politics are at a turning point during Gov. Laura Kelly's final term. The override of her veto on ending the three-day ...

Overall, the United States has seen almost 1,200 measles cases this year, threatening the elimination status the country has ...

More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency received notices Wednesday that they are being reinstated, according to a union representing the ...

She actually first broke the story that Kansas was even having a TB outbreak. As of last Friday, Kansas has seen 68 active cases of TB, and that’s since the beginning of the outbreak, as well as ...

The tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is not, in fact, the largest in U.S. history. But it does offer an important public health lesson.

Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID-19 as the leading disease cause of death in the world.

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 ...

Recent TB Outbreak in Kansas City. In a press release, KDHE explained that this outbreak has been ongoing since January 2024, with most patients infected in early 2024 and throughout the summer.

The Kansas City, Kansas, area is currently experiencing a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak, with 2 deaths, 67 active cases, and 79 latent cases reported so far. This surge comes amid a broader rise in ...