Kansas is "below the herd immunity threshold" for measles, as measured by KDHE's estimated MMR immunization rates for kindergarten students.

State health officials in Kansas have issued a warning to healthcare providers this week as measles cases climb across the ...

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

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

Health officials have warned parents that the best defense against measles as a now-fatal outbreak continues is to get their children vaccinated.

The D1.1 strain of H5N1, now spreading in dairy herds, has a mutation that enhances replication in mammals. Could this be a ...

As bird flu cases inundate more poultry and dairy farms, state officials worry that the Trump administration's firings of ...

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

Kansas government contract procurement staff have rejected protests filed by Aetna and CareSource after they lost their bids ...

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

State medical experts have confirmed 124 cases of measles in Texas. This is the largest measles outbreak in Texas in 30 years. Here is how it started and an overview of the situation, as of Feb. 25.