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 ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new ...

The disease is concentrated in the southwestern part of Kansas and did not spread to any additional counties. Measles cases ...

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

Globally, cases of tuberculosis have been on the rise and efforts to control it are hampered by funding shortages, according to the WHO.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported five more cases of measles in the past week from the outbreak in ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The measles outbreak continues in Kansas with five new cases reported in the past week. A total of 37 cases have been reported in the past month. The first case the Kansas ...

Health experts fear the virus will take hold in other U.S. communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread could ...

Now, as Kansas grapples with a major tuberculosis outbreak and rising measles cases, a new law is further restricting health authorities’ ability to impose orders that can slow the spread of ...