While Kansas’ influenza rate is still considered “very high” by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Feb ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

Virtually nothing is known about the Kansas tuberculosis outbreak. This disease surpassed COVID as the leading disease cause ...

WELL, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE WORST FLU SEASONS IN OVER A DECADE, WITH DOCTOR VISITS FOR FLU SYMPTOMS NOW AT A 15 YEAR HIGH. NATIONWIDE, MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ...

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

Measles cases are popping up across the United States, including an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.

Metro health departments say the outbreak has not reached the Kansas City area but say there are ways to stay safe just in ...

The news was shared with staff during a meeting on Wednesday, according to two CDC staffers who spoke with NPR on the ...