As of May 7, Kansas's 48 reported measles cases remained ... and Johnson Counties became the epicenter of a major tuberculosis outbreak. Elisha Caldwell, the former health director, parted ways ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ... and come at a time when the state is monitoring an outbreak of measles and tuberculosis. “The Trump administration’s abrupt and unilateral ...

Federal policy changes are having spillover effects on everything from disease outbreak mitigation to long-term care ...

“These cuts come when Kansas is in the midst of fighting two outbreaks - tuberculosis and measles - and has no additional resources to continue this work.” In its weekly update ...

In Chicago, one-time COVID grants made up 51% of the health department budget, and their ending will push staff numbers below the pre-pandemic level of 588 — slowing responses to outbreaks and forcing ...