Getty Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers loosen vaccine requirements for children. In a 103-15 vote on March 20, the Kansas House of ...

Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public gatherings and masking will just be recommendations now.

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new trends of TB in the United States. According to March 2025 U.S. Centers for ...

January 29, 2025 Major tuberculosis outbreak hits Kansas City area An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States ...

The representative said the timing is “terrible” with a measles outbreak in southwest Kansas and a tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County. “This seems like a very bad time to be doing this.

There were nine active cases in Vanderburgh County as of Thursday, fewer than five of which involve children, according to ...

With three dozen confirmed cases of measles in southwest Kansas, Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday that it’s important for ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and other agencies are evaluating the impact of DOGE canceling federal health grants from HHS.

if losing the funding could affect non-COVID public health efforts in Kansas, which is currently facing a growing measles outbreak and a large tuberculosis outbreak. The Kansas Department for ...

Kansas is dealing with a double outbreak of tuberculosis and measles Religious exception for vaccination will be allowed in child care facilities Measles cases in Kansas doubled this week, mostly ...