Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public ...

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The court will review whether a decision by Johnson County District Judge David Hauber was correct in his ruling against the state law in 2023. The six supreme court judges heard arguments Wednesday ...

Vaccination rates are one focus of many Kansas county health officers and medical experts as they work to educate against misinformation about vaccines in the hopes of staving off a growing measles ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The unofficial results are in for three special mail ballot elections that took place Tuesday, April 1 in two cities and one school district in Johnson County. In Lenexa ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A case of tuberculosis occurred at the freshman/sophomore campus at Waukegan High School, officials said. The Lake County Health Department said a person was recently diagnosed ...

The measles outbreak in Kansas has encouraged a local health department to host vaccine clinics. The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment offers the measles vaccine at the walk-in ...

Getty Kansas has an outbreak of two diseases — measles and tuberculosis — as lawmakers ... Most of the cases (61) are in Wyandotte County, with the rest in Johnson. There are 85 latent cases ...

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There are a record-breaking 68 active cases of tuberculosis, according to a March 28 update from the Kansas Division of Public Health. Most of the cases (61) are in Wyandotte County, with the rest in ...