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Currently, several states have outbreaks. In Kansas City, where cases have increased 148%, two deaths have been reported ...
Although Wyandotte County has yet to see a reported measles outbreak, public health officials are readying public guidance ...
Kansas City has been at the center of an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, bringing the disease back into the spotlight. Around 67 active cases have been confirmed since the start of 2025 ...
After President Donald Trump's administration cut federal grant funding to Kansas, Gov. Laura Kelly wanted Attorney General ...
The Trump administration terminated more than $30 million in health care grants, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs and ...
Has the recent Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas got you worried about catching TB? Learn about the top symptoms to look out for and explore some tips on how to stop the spread. Taylor Leamey writes ...
It comes after Kansas health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the state experienced one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history earlier this ...
More than 50 public health workers in Kansas have lost their jobs after the loss of $33 million in federal health and mental health grants.
As of May 7, Kansas’s 48 reported measles cases remained ... Wyandotte and Johnson Counties became the epicenter of a major tuberculosis outbreak. Elisha Caldwell, the former health director ...
Tuberculosis, TB, is caused by the germ Mycobacterium ... The Associated Press reported earlier this year that a yearlong TB outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, killed two people.
Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious ... Illinois, North Carolina and Kansas. Last year, the U.S. saw more than 10,000 cases, according to federal data. That’s the highest level ...